The following excerpt is from Redmon v. Squier, 162 F.2d 195 (9th Cir. 1947):
The petitioner claims that he was a minor at the time of the arraignment, and pleaded guilty without having been informed of his constitutional rights; that the indictment was not read to him; that he was arraigned in court without having been taken before "any committing authority whatever"; that he was not represented by counsel; and that, under the holding in Ballard v. United States, 329 U.S. 187, 190, 67 S.Ct. 261, since women were excluded from the grand jury, the indictment is "void".
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