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 County No. 2, 5,000 white people, 17,000 Negroes: " The number of Negro jurors has decreased in late years. I do not think that a great number of Negro jurors would impress very favorably the court and the people at large."

County No. 3, 10,000 white people, 19,000 Negroes: " I do not remember ever to have seen a Negro on the jury in this county. I am told, however, that one served occasionally for only awhile after 1876."

County No. 4, 18,000 white people, 41,000 Negroes: "In my experience covering ten years or more, I find it difficult to get a large array of competent jurors. We are careful and painstaking in making our lists; therefore, we never allow a Negro to serve for the reason of the general moral unfitness, and general depravity."

County No. 6, 20,000 white people, 22,000 Negroes: "No Negroes serve on the jury in the county courts in this county."

Tennessee.—No information about Negro jury service in Tennessee has been obtainable.

Texas.—County No. 1, 6,300 white people, 7,800 Negroes: " As to Negro jurors as a rule, in the County Court about one-tenth are Negroes, and they are rarely ever discriminated against. I do not recall a case where they have been rejected on account of race or color by white men. As a rule, they are not so acceptable to Negro litigants as they are to those of the other races. There are a larger per cent. of Negroes in the district court, and there is rarely any criticism. In fact, no prejudice exists here against them as jurors, largely from the fact that only our best Negro citizens are drawn on the