In no case, therefore, could the writ be more properly issued in the interests of justice, order, and good government. Virginia v. Rives by William Strong Syllabus. After its adoption the Civil Rights Act was re-enacted, and upon the first section of that amendment it rests.   MR. JUSTICE STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

to a legislative denial or an inability resulting from it. This conclusion is strengthened by the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. [100 U.S. 313, 327] Its constitutionality has never been seriously doubted. Il est construit en sapin d'essence locale. Provision for such revision was made in the twenty-fifth section of the Judiciary Act of 1789, and is retained in the Revised Statutes. This subject was discussed at length in Ex parte Bradley (7 Wall. United States Supreme Court. The petition is merely the process by which our appellate jurisdiction is invoked. From that fact alone they were satisfied they could not obtain an impartial trial before a jury exclusively composed of the white race. It is obvious, therefore, that to such a case-that is, a judicial infraction of the constitutional inhibitions, after trial or final hearing has commenced-sect.
The prayer of this petition was denied and the prisoners were tried separately and convicted of murder, one in the first and the other in the second degree. an original action for that paper; and, therefore, seemed to belong not to appellate, but to original jurisdiction. It is the State which is prohibited from denying to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, and consequently the statutes partially enumerating what civil rights colored men shall enjoy equally with white persons, founded as they are upon the amendment, are intended for protection against State infringement of those rights. This motion was overruled on the ground that the court 'had no authority to change the venire, it appearing (as the record stated) to the satisfaction of the court that the venire had been regularly drawn from the jury-box according to law.'

Numerous other illustrations might be given. If the accused is convicted and ordered to be imprisoned, who is to enforce the sentence? 364.
Upon its presentation at the last term an order was issued to the judge to show cause why the writ should not issue as prayed. Upon the question whether a writ of mandamus is a proper proceeding to enforce the return of the men indicted to the custody of the State authorities, little need be said, in view of former decisions of this court.

Nor can the defendant know until then that the equal protection of the laws will not be extended to him. PETITION for mandamus. VIRGINIA v. RIVES(1879) Argued: Decided: October 1, 1879. In such a case it ought to be presumed the court will redress the wrong. By the express requirement of the statute his petition must set forth the facts upon which he bases his claim to have his case removed, and not merely his belief that he cannot enforce his rights at a subsequent stage of the proceedings. The privilege for which they moved, and which they also asked from the prosecution, was not a right given or secured to them, or to any person, by the law of the State, or by any act of Congress, or by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. It is, therefore, a material inquiry whether the petition of the defendants set forth such facts as made a case for removal, and consequently arrested the jurisdiction of the State court and transferred it to the Federal court. The State court denied this prayer, and proceeded with the trial, when each of the defendants was convicted. From that fact alone they were satisfied they could not obtain an impartial trial before a jury exclusively composed of the white race. proceedings in the State court shall cease, and shall not be resumed except as thereinafter provided.' Was the case of Lee and Burwell Reynolds such a one? Virginia V a été réalisé par Anderson & Company dans le Comté de Pierce dans l'État de Washington pour remplacer le Virginia IV. Upon the filing of such petition all further proceedings in the State courts shall cease.'  

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It was not intended to reach such cases. The complaint is that there were no colored men in the jury that indicted them, nor in the petit jury summoned to try them. A writ of habeas corpus cum causa was accordingly issued. Get directions, maps, and traffic for Rives, VA. [100 U.S. 313, 334] It was in pursuance of these constitutional provisions that the civil rights statutes were enacted. [100 U.S. 313, 314] Mr. James G. Field, Attorney-General of Virginia, and Mr William J. Robertson for the petitioner. 13. 214.   Not often until then. Its use has been very much extended in modern times, and now it may be said to be an established remedy to oblige inferior courts and magistrates to do that justice which they are in duty, and by virtue of their office, bound to do. It may be said to reflect the views of the founders of the Republic as to the proper relations between the Federal and State courts. The petitioners further represented that their race had never been allowed the right to serve as jurors, either in civil or criminal cases, in the county of Patrick, in any case, civil or criminal, in which their race had been in any way interested. the court will redress the wrong. writs of mandamus in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed under the authority of the United States, or to persons holding office under the authority of the United States, where a State or an ambassador, or other public minister, or a consul or vice-consul, is a party. Sect. [100 U.S. 313, 322] [100 U.S. 313, 329] He made himself liable to punishment at the instance of the State and under the laws of the United States. The Constitution creating a government of limited powers puts a bound upon those which are judicial as well as those which are legislative, which cannot be lawfully passed. Thereupon the Commonwealth of Virginia presented a petition to this court praying for a writ of mandamus to be directed to the district judge, commanding him to order the marshal to redeliver the prisoners to her authorities, upon the ground that the judge in his proceedings had transcended the jurisdiction of his court, and undertaken the exercise of powers not vested by any law of the United States in him or the court held by him. Mr. Charles Devens and Mr. W. Willoughby, contra.