Murray v. Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. In October, 1891, in the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, an indictment for murder was found against one Jim Murray, alias Greasy Jim. On December 13, 1891, the accused was arraigned, pleaded not guilty, and was remanded for further proceedings. On January 10, 1895, Thomas JET.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. In October, 1891, in the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, an indictment for murder was found against one Jim Murray, alias Greasy Jim. On December 13, 1891, the accused was arraigned, pleaded not guilty, and was remanded for further proceedings. On January 10, 1895, Thomas JET. Maher, as attorney for the accused, challenged the grand jury on the ground that it was not a legally constituted body, because the jury commissioner had discriminated against the prisoner on account of his race and color, by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shibas
Several of the assignments of error bring into question the correctness of the judgment of the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana affirming the action of the trial court in proceeding with the trial in disregard of a petition by the accused to have the cause removed into the Circuit Court of the United States upon the allegation that the petitioner was a negro, and that persons of African descent were, by reason of their race and color, excluded by the jury commissioners from serving as grand and petit jurors.
To dispose of such assignments it is sufficient to cite Neal v. Delaware, 103…
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