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IN RE WOOD

No. 1581.

140 U.S. 278 (1891)

11 S.Ct. 738

35 L.Ed. 505

In re WOOD, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 11, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. R.J. Haire for the petitioner.

Mr. Isaac H. Maynard opposing.

Mr. Charles F. Tabor, Attorney General of the State of New York, filed a brief in opposition.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The ground upon which the appellant based his application for writs of habeas corpus and certiorari was that his trial and conviction were in violation of his rights under the Constitution and laws of the United States, in that the grand jurors who returned the indictment, and the petit jurors by whom he was tried, were drawn from lists from which were excluded, because of...

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