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UNITED STATES v. HAYNES

Criminal No. 11487.

69 F.Supp. 424 (1947)

UNITED STATES v. HAYNES et al.

District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

January 22, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm E. Lafargue, U. S. Atty., of Shreveport, La., for the government.

Harry V. Booth, of Shreveport, La., and A. S. Drew, of Minden, La., for defendants.

PORTERIE, District Judge.

The defendants have filed a motion to dismiss because of the illegal constitution of the grand jury indictment, on the ground that the grand jury was illegally constituted in that, from time immemorial, no women have been included on a panel of grand jurors in the Western District of Louisiana.

The court finds that the meaning of the following law is the turning point of the motion:

Article 7, Sec. 41 of the Constitution of...

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