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Henry Williams was a black man convicted of murder in Mississippi in 1896. He appealed by claiming he was not tried by a jury of his peers because the 1890 Mississippi state constitution indirectly disfranchised many blacks and jury members were drawn from the pool of eligible voters.
In 1898 the U. S. Supreme Court unanimously denied Williams's appeal and ruled that Williams did not demonstrate that Mississippi's voter restrictions were discriminatory.
Of the nine justices, only one (White) was from one of the eleven conventionally recognized Confederate states. Another was from Kentucky. The rest were Yankees.
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While the Wikipedia articles on Williams v Mississippi and the listing of Supreme Court Justices can be used as sources for the above, it is interesting that the Wiki article makes no mention of Yankee preponderance among the justices.
Henry Williams was a black man convicted of murder in Mississippi in 1896. He appealed by claiming he was not tried by a jury of his peers because the 1890 Mississippi state constitution indirectly disfranchised many blacks and jury members were drawn from the pool of eligible voters.
In 1898 the U. S. Supreme Court unanimously denied Williams's appeal and ruled that Williams did not demonstrate that Mississippi's voter restrictions were discriminatory.
Of the nine justices, only one (White) was from one of the eleven conventionally recognized Confederate states. Another was from Kentucky. The rest were Yankees.
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While the Wikipedia articles on Williams v Mississippi and the listing of Supreme Court Justices can be used as sources for the above, it is interesting that the Wiki article makes no mention of Yankee preponderance among the justices.
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