Ward v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1942-06-01

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Mr. Justice Byrnes delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner William Ward, a negro, was indicted at the September 1939 term of the District Court of Titus County, Texas, for the murder of Levi Brown, a white man. He was placed on trial at that term but the jury *548 was una…

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