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HALE V. KENTUCKY, 303 U. S. 613 (1938)
303 U. S. 613U.S. Supreme Court
Hale v. Kentucky, 303 U.S. 613 (1938)
Hale v. Kentucky
No. 680
Argued March 29, 1938
Decided April 11, 1938
303 U.S. 613
Syllabus
Proofs held sufficient to show a systematic and arbitrary exclusion of Negroes from jury lists because of their race or color constituting a denial of the equal protection of the laws, and entitling the petitioner, a Negro convicted of murder, to a new trial. P. 303 U. S. 616.
69 Ky. 743, 108 S.W.2d 716, reversed.
Certiorari, post, p. 629, to review a judgment affirming a sentence for murder. clubjuris