Mitchell v. State

Conviction is for assault with intent to murder, punishment being ten years in the penitentiary.

It is not necessary to recite the evidence. It fully supports the verdict and judgment. Appellant is a negro. He sought to have the indictment set aside for alleged discrimination against his race in the selection of the grand jury which returned the indictment. In support of this contention he proved by lawyers connected with the District Attorney’s office and by some attorneys in the general practice of law that for many years no person of the negro race had served on the grand jury. This was the…