In Re Mana

Petitioner, convicted of a felony by-a jury consisting in part of women, seeks release from custody on the ground that the act of the legislature authorizing women to sit as jurors is unconstitutional. The right to a trial by a jury is provided for in article I, section 7, of the constitution adopted by the people of the state of California in May, 1879, as follows :

“Sec. 7. The right of trial by jury shall be secured to all, and remain inviolate; but in civil actions three-fourths of the jury may render a verdict. A trial by jury may be waived in all criminal cases not amounting to felony,…