United States v. Sutton

WHITSON, District Judge.

The defendants stand indicted under section 2139 Rev. St. as amended by the act of January 30, 1897, c. 109, 29 Stat. 506, for having introduced ardent spirits and intoxicating liquor upon a certain Indian allotment made under the act of February 8, 1887, c. 119, 24. Stat. 388, and within the boundaries of the Yakima Indian Reservation. A demurrer raises the question whether the acts charged constitute a crime. While it does not appear from the indictment, upon argument it was conceded that the allotment referred to was made prior to the amendatory act of May 8, 1906,…