Acquitted of rape of 80 year-old woman.

by Lisa Y. Henderson

Wake Superior Court.

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On Wednesday, Jones Kiff, a free boy of colour, about 21 years old, was tried on an indictment for Rape, committed on a free woman of colour, supposed to be 80 years of age. Verdict of acquittal.

Tarboro’ Press, 16 April 1836.