Weems v. State

ON THE MERITS.

DAVIDSON, Judge.

A proper appeal bond, having been furnished, this appeal is re-instated and the case is now considered on its merits.

Murder is the offense; the punishment, fifteen years in the penitentiary.

Appellant, by motion to quash, challenged the validity of the indictment, alleging that in the selection, organization, and impaneling of the grand jury which returned the indictment in this case, he “being a negro and a member of the African race, was discriminated against and his race was discriminated against on account of his race, and he was therefore denied the equal…