Johnson v. State

Alex Johnson, a negro, was convicted in the district court of Muskogee county of the crime of larceny of live stock. On October 9, 1921, he was sentenced to confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of two years. In this appeal the accused claims that he was .unjustly deprived of his right to the selection of an impartial jury. The chief question for the consideration of this court is whether or not the defendant’s right to a trial before a fair and impartial jury was denied or impaired.

The defendant was a negro, and claims that certain of the jurors selected to try him were members of…