Williams v. Mississippi
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP' THE/STATE OP'MISSISSIPPI; At June term 1896 of the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi, the plaintiff in error was indicted by a grand jury composed entirely of white men for the crime of murder.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP' THE/STATE OP'MISSISSIPPI; At June term 1896 of the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi, the plaintiff in error was indicted by a grand jury composed entirely of white men for the crime of murder. On The 15th day of June he made a motion to quash the indictment, which was in substance as follows, omitting repetitions and retaining the language of the motion as nearly as possible: Now comes the defendant in this cause, Henry Williams by name, and moves the Circuit Court of Washington County, Mississippi, to quash the indictment herein filed and upon…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
The question presented is, are the provisions of the constitution of the State of Mississippi and the laws enacted to enforce, the same repugnant to the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States? That amendment and its effect upon the rights of the colored race have been considered by this court in a number of cases, and it has been uniformly, held that the Constitution of the United States, as amended, forbids, so far as civil and political rights are concerned, discriminations by the General Government, or by the States, against any citizen because of his race; but it…
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