Brown v. New Jersey, 175 U.S. 172 (1899)

Name: Brown v. New Jersey, 175 U.S. 172 (1899) - Syllabus
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Brown v. New Jersey

No. 290

Argued October 80, 1899
Decided November 20, 1899
175 U.S. 172

ERROR TO THE COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER

OF HUDSON COUNTY, STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Syllabus

Sections 75 and 76, of Chapter 237 of the Laws of New Jersey of 1898, contained the following provisions:

SEC. 75. The Supreme Court, Court of Oyer and Terminer and Court of Quarter Sessions, respectively, or any judge thereof, may on motion in behalf of the state or defendant in any indictment, order a jury to be struck for the trial thereof, and upon making said order, the jury shall be struck, served and returned in the same manner as in case of struck juries ordered in the trial of civil causes, except as herein otherwise provided.

SEC. 76. When a rule for a struck jury shall be entered in any criminal case, the court granting such rule may, on motion of the prosecutor or of the defendant or on its own motion, select from the persons qualified to serve as jurors in and for the county in which any indictment was found, whether the names of such persons appear on the sheriff’s book of persons qualified to serve as jurors in and for such county or not, ninety-six names, with their places of abode, from which the prosecutor and the defendant shall each strike twenty-four names in the usual way, and the remaining forty-eight names shall be placed by the sheriff in the box in the presence of the court, and from the names so placed in the box, the jury shall be drawn in the usual way.

By sections 80 and 81, it was provided that where there is no struck jury, and the party is on trial for murder, he is entitled to twenty peremptory challenges, and the state to twelve, but in the case of a "struck jury," each party is allowed only five peremptory challenges:

Held,

(1) That these provisions are not in conflict with the Constitution of the United States.

(2) That, the highest court of the New Jersey having held that they are not in conflict with the constitution of that state, this Court is foreclosed on that question by that decision.

The plaintiff in error was, on October 5, 1898, in the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Hudson County, New Jersey, found guilty of the crime of murder. On March 6, 1899, the judgment of the Court of Oyer and Terminer was affirmed by the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals, and the case being remanded to the trial court, plaintiff in error was, on April 19, 1899, sentenced to be hanged. The jury which tried the case was what is known to the New Jersey statutes as a "struck jury," authority for which is found in c. 237, p. 894, Laws of New Jersey (1898). Sections 75 and 76 read as follows:

SEC. 75. The ~ SEC, Court of Oyer and Terminer, and Court of Quarter Sessions, respectively, or any judge thereof, may, on motion in behalf of the state or defendant in any indictment, order a jury to be struck for the trial thereof, and upon making said order, the jury shall be struck, served, and returned in the same manner as in case of struck juries ordered in the trial of civil causes, except as herein otherwise provided.

SEC. 76. When a rule for a struck jury shall be entered in any criminal case, the court granting such rule may, on motion of the prosecutor or of the defendant or on its own motion, select from the persons qualified to serve as jurors in and for the county in which any indictment was found, whether the names of such persons appear on the sheriff’s book of persons qualified to serve as jurors in and for such county or not, ninety-six names, with their places of abode, from which the prosecutor and the defendant shall each strike twenty-four names in the usual way, and the remaining forty-eight names shall be placed by the sheriff in the box, in the presence of the court, and from the names so placed in the box the jury shall be drawn in the usual way.

By sections 80 and 81 of that statute, where there is no "struck jury" and the party is on trial for murder, he is entitled to twenty peremptory challenges and the state to twelve, but in the case of a "struck jury," each party is allowed only five peremptory challenges.

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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Brown v. New Jersey, 175 U.S. 172 (1899) in 175 U.S. 172 175 U.S. 173–175 U.S. 174. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ZGLJKJJTMKCV4QP.

MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Brown v. New Jersey, 175 U.S. 172 (1899), in 175 U.S. 172, pp. 175 U.S. 173–175 U.S. 174. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ZGLJKJJTMKCV4QP.

Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Brown v. New Jersey, 175 U.S. 172 (1899). cited in 1899, 175 U.S. 172, pp.175 U.S. 173–175 U.S. 174. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ZGLJKJJTMKCV4QP.

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