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BROWNFIELD v. SOUTH CAROLINA

No. 172.

189 U.S. 426 (1903)

23 S.Ct. 513

47 L.Ed. 882

BROWNFIELD v. SOUTH CAROLINA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 9, 1903.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.L. Mitchell and Mr. W.J. Whipper for plaintiff in error. Mr. E.M. Hewlett was with them on the brief.

Mr. John S. Wilson and Mr. W.H. Townsend for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes here by writ of error to the Supreme Court of South Carolina. The plaintiff in error has been convicted of murder, and the error alleged is that the grand jury was composed wholly of white persons, and that all negroes, although constituting four fifths of the population and of the registered voters of the county, were excluded on account of their race and color. The plaintiff in error is a negro...

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