Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Hermon Mizell, Appellant, v. Joseph H. Wilson, as Warden of Great Meadow Prison, Comstock, New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1941-10-01
Citations: 262 A.D. 1057
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Hermon Mizell, Appellant, v. Joseph H. Wilson, as Warden of Great Meadow Prison, Comstock, New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 262
Pages: 1057–1057

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Hermon Mizell, Appellant, v. Joseph H. Wilson, as Warden of Great Meadow Prison, Comstock, New York, Respondent.

Opinion:
Appeal from an order dismissing a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant is a negro, who was convicted after trial of the crime of burglary, third degree. His sentence will not expire until February 6, 1945. His appeal is based upon the contention that persons of the negro race were systematically excluded from grand and trial jury service in the county where he was convicted. It appears that the court in which he was convicted had jurisdiction. If there is any merit to his contention, his remedy was by appeal and not by habeas corpus. Order unanimously affirmed, without costs. Present — Hill, P. J., Crapser, Bliss, Heffeman and Foster, JJ.