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Julius Linoble Mitchell (April 17, 1867 – ?) was a lawyer in the United States. He was involved in cviil rights cases.
He was born in Moncks Corner in Charleston County, South Carolina.
He graduated from Allen University's Law Department in 1894. He handled election discrimination cases in South Carolina.
He and William James Whipper represented John Brownfield who refused to pay a poll tax and wrestled a gun away from a white constable attempting to arrest him. Brownfield was found guilty of murder. Mitchell argued to overthrow the conviction for constitutional violations including an all-white jury.
Joshua Williams Polite was the first black lawyer from Charleston after Reconstruction. Mitchell tried nine criminal casez.
He moved to Rhode Island. He died in Brooklyn in the 1920s.
References
- ^ Burke, William Lewis (November 17, 2017). All for Civil Rights: African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868-1968. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820350981 – via Google Books.
- "Who's who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent". November 17, 1915 – via Google Books.
- Jr, J. Clay Smith (November 17, 1999). Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0812216857 – via Google Books.
- ^ Burke, W. Lewis (July 1, 2017). All for Civil Rights: African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868–1968. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820350998 – via Google Books.
- "State v. Brownfield, 60 S.C. 509 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com.
- "Right to a Fair Trial - Brownfield Lesson 20-13" (PDF). South Carolina Bar.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=9BknDwAAQBAJ&dq=julius+linoble.mitchell+rhode+island&pg=PA102 All for Civil Rights: African American in South Carolina, 1868-1968