Williams v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction on an indictment of burglary and assault and battery with intent to kill and murder Miss Janice Robbins. The Circuit Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, sentenced the appellant to serve ten years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Prior to trial appellant filed (1) a motion to quash the indictment which was based upon the systematic exclusion of Negroes and women from the jury and the alleged arrest of appellant without a warrant and without proper cause; (2) a motion to suppress the evidence which was also based upon an alleged arrest of the…