Hodges v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP ARKANSAS. On October 8, 1903, the grand jury returned into the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas .-an indictment charging that the defendants, (now .plaintiffs in error,) with others, “did knowingly, willfully and unlawfully conspire to oppress, threaten and intimidate Berry Winn, Dave Hinton, Percy Legg, Joe Mardis, Joe McGill, Dan.Shelton, Jim Hall and George…
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP ARKANSAS. On October 8, 1903, the grand jury returned into the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas .-an indictment charging that the defendants, (now .plaintiffs in error,) with others, “did knowingly, willfully and unlawfully conspire to oppress, threaten and intimidate Berry Winn, Dave Hinton, Percy Legg, Joe Mardis, Joe McGill, Dan.Shelton, Jim Hall and George Shelton, citizehs of the United States of African descent, in the free exercise and enjoyment of rights and privileges…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
While the indictment was founded on sections 1977 and 5508, we have quoted other sections to show the scope of the legislation of Congress on the general question involved.
That prior to the three post helium Amendments to the Constitution the National Government had no jurisdiction over a wrong like that charged in this indictment is conceded; that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments do not justify the legislation is also .beyond dispute, for they, as repeatedly held, are restrictions upon state action, and no action on the part of the State is complained of. Unless, therefore, the…
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