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 County No. 3, 3,000 white people, 6,000 Negroes: " there are no Negroes on our jury list. On several occasions when we had to make up a jury we have put a few on. The impression is here that it does not do to mix the races even in the jury-box."

County No. 4, 17,900 white people, 19,200 Negroes: "Negroes under our Constitution are not debarred from serving as jurors in Virginia, but owing to the nature and disposition of the Negro to follow and not lead, we seldom place them on trial juries. The number of colored jurors has decreased in the last ten years."

County No. 5, 3,200 white people, 4,900 Negroes: "Negroes have for a number of years been serving on the juries in this county, and, as far as I have been able to learn, have generally given satisfactory service There is hardly ever a jury drawn without some Negroes being on it. Of course, the judge selects those Negroes who are best qualified for the service Naturally, the number of Negro jurors is not near so large as that of the whites, for the reason that all jurors are selected with reference to their qualifications."

County No. 6, 4,000 white people, 4,800 Negroes: " we never have any Negroes on juries in my county. Haven't had any for about fifteen years"

County No. 7, 10,000 white people, 13,000 Negroes: " Negroes do not serve on juries in this county, and it has been about twenty years since they did jury service here."

County No. 8, 2,300 white people, 4,400 Negroes: "Since the adoption of the new Constitution for this State Negroes no longer serve as jurors in this coun