Judge Fielding HURST has decided that the 16th section of the franchise law which prohibits Negroes from holding office or sitting on juries, as unconstitutional and void. In the court now being held at Purdy, McNairy county, Tennessee, he has admitted Negroes to the jury box and has refused to allow any disenfranchised whites to be sworn as jurors.

The Bolivar Bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 04 Jan. 1868, Page 1. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.