| Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 1370 pages
...Mississippi and Its statutes. They do not on their face discriminate betwreen the races, and it has not been shown that their actual administration was evil; only that evil was possible under them." In Pope v. Williams, supra, Mr. Justice Peckham, in delivering the opinion of the court, held that... | |
| John Martin Vincent - Conspiracy - 1909 - 670 pages
...understanding clause. In 1898 this constitution came before the Federal Supreme Court for adjudication.84 Williams, a negro, was indicted for murder in a lower...laid down by the court in Henderson vs. Mayor of New York 68 and in Yick Wo vs. Hopkins.8 8 In the latter case, however, it was shown to the satisfaction... | |
| Georgia Bar Association - Bar associations - 1909 - 344 pages
...Constitution of Mississippi, "they did not on their face discriminate between the races, and it has not been shown that their actual administration was evil ; only that evil was possible under them." (Williams vs. Mississippi, 170 US cited above.) And here the careful reader of the decision of the... | |
| Gilbert Thomas Stephenson - African Americans - 1910 - 420 pages
...Supreme Court refused to interfere, saying that the laws did not, on their face, discriminate against the races, and that it " had not been shown that their...was evil, only that evil was possible under them." Several suits "5 have been brought, the purpose of which has been to test the constitutionality of... | |
| David Kemper Watson - Constitutional history - 1910 - 1140 pages
...and statutes of Mississippi because they did not on their face discriminate between the races, and it had not been shown that their actual administration...was evil, only that evil was possible under them." Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers,... | |
| Westel Woodbury Willoughby - Constitutional law - 1910 - 728 pages
...Mississippi and its statutes. " They do not on their face discriminate between the races, and it has not been shown that their actual administration, was evil, only that evil was possible under them." In Giles v. Harris,3* decided in 1903, a colored citizen of Alabama brought an action in a federal... | |
| Westel Woodbury Willoughby - Constitutional law - 1912 - 678 pages
...Mississippi and its statutes. "They do not on their face discriminate between the races, and it has not been shown that their actual administration was evil, only that evil was possible under them."18 Election of Senators The Constitution provides that Senators in the Federal 16 118 US 356;... | |
| John Moffatt Mecklin - African Americans - 1914 - 308 pages
...showed discrimination against the negro because of race. "It has not been shown," says Justice McKenna, "that their actual administration was evil, only that evil was possible under them." The inherent difficulty of the situation was stated by the court in an earlier decision. "It may be... | |
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