Rex Stidham Windom, Jr. v. United States

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

The defendant below appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for New Mexico, on a jury verdict of guilty on two counts in an indictment charging the interstate transportation of certain forged cashier’s checks, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2314. The only point on appeal is the refusal of the court on timely motion to quash the jury array on the asserted ground that only persons of “elevated social, economic and political status” were selected to serve on the jury panel.

Examination of the United States District Court Clerk, who, with an appointed Jury…