Ex parte Murray
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Louisiana
This was a petition by James Murray for writs of habeas corpus, certiorari, and prohibition, alleging that he was illegally restrained of his liberty under an indictment, and that he had been denied due process of law, and the equal protection of the laws, in violation of the constitution of the United States.
1Opinion of the Court
PARRANGE, District Judge.
The applicant alleges, substantially, that he is an American citizen of the African race; that he is in custody of the criminal sheriff for the parish of Orleans, La., under an indictment for mnrder, which indictment was presented in the state court by grand jurors selected by the jury commissioners under Act No. 170 of the legislature of Louisiana held in 1894; that said jury commissioners violated the fourteenth amend*298ment of the constitution of the United States by failing to summon before them for qualification, citizens of applicant’s race, in compliance with the…
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