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TALTON v. MAYES

No. 227.

163 U.S. 376 (1896)

16 S.Ct. 986

41 L.Ed. 196

TALTON, v. MAYES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Leonidas D. Yarrell for appellant. Mr. Elijah V. Brookshire and Mr. Benjamin T. Duval were on his brief.

Mr. R.C. Garland for appellee. Mr. A.H. Garland and Mr. William M. Cravens were on his brief.

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

Prior to May, 1892, a law enacted by the legislature of the Cherokee nation made it the duty of the judges of the Circuit and District Courts of the nation, fourteen days before the commencement of the first regular term of said courts, to furnish to the sheriff a list of the names of five persons, who should be summoned by the sheriff to act as grand jurors for that district during the...

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