White v. McHan

Mobley, Justice.

The appeal is from a judgment sustaining a general demurrer to and dismissing appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus brought against the warden having her in custody, which judgment she enumerates as error. Held:

1. The issue made by the petition is whether appellant was *137denied due process of law and equal protection of law as guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution in that she was indicted by a grand jury from which Negroes were arbitrarily and systematically excluded because of race or color and that she was denied the benefit of counsel in…