Farrow v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Tate county. Hon. James B. Boothe, Judge. Farrow, appellant, a negro, was jointly indicted with another negro for the murder of a white man. Appellant was tried separately, convicted, sentenced to suffer death, and appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts.
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From the circuit court of Tate county. Hon. James B. Boothe, Judge. Farrow, appellant, a negro, was jointly indicted with another negro for the murder of a white man. Appellant was tried separately, convicted, sentenced to suffer death, and appealed to the supreme court. The opinion of the court states the facts. It is the common knowledge of all persons who live under a republican form of government that the rights guaranteed by the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution are inter-dependent. No person can have his personal liberty under the first of…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
There was a motion made in this case to quash the indictment, and also a motion to quash the special venire. These motions are based upon identically the same grounds, and those grounds are as set out in the record: “ The persons who are drawn on said special venire are all of the white or Caucasian race. The defendant is a negro, and a citizen of the United States. The deceased was a white man. There were not in the boxes from which the names of said venire were drawn the names of any negroes. The board of supervisors of Tate county, Mississippi, in selecting a list of persons competent and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lewis v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1907
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