[DOWNLOAD] "Moore Et Al. v. Dempsey" by Supreme Court of the United States * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Moore Et Al. v. Dempsey
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 19, 1923
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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This is an appeal from an order of the District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas dismissing a writ of habeas corpus upon demurrer, the presiding judge certifying that there was probable cause for allowing the appeal. There were two cases originally, but by agreement they were consolidated into one. The appellants are five negroes who were convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death by the Court of the State of Arkansas. The ground of the petition for the writ is that the proceedings in the State Court, although a trial in form, were only a form, and that the appellants were hurried to conviction under the pressure of a mob without any regard for their rights and without according to them due process of law.