Lewis v. State

Citations

• 91 Miss. 505
• 45 So. 360

Syllabus

<p>1. Juries. Selection. Civil rights. Board of supervisors. Discretion Code 1906, § 2688.</p> <p>Code 1906, § 2688, prescribing procedure in the selection of jurors, does not admit of discrimination against any citizen by reason of his race or color, and the courts will not review the discretion of the board of supervisors exercised in accordance with the section.</p> <p>2. Same. Race. Color.</p> <p>A jury may be composed'wholly of white men, wholly of negroes or partly of white men and partly of negroes; and it is not essential to the rights of a defendant that some man of his race shall be on the jury by which he is tried; it is sufficient if none be excluded because of race or color.</p>