United States v. Quiver
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OP SOUTH DAKOTA. The facts, which involve the construction and application of certain provisions of the act of March 3, 1887, and § 316, Penal Code, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OP SOUTH DAKOTA. The facts, which involve the construction and application of certain provisions of the act of March 3, 1887, and § 316, Penal Code, are stated in the opinion. The United States District Court for the District of South Dakota has jurisdiction of a prosecution for the offense of adultery committed by Indians upon an Indian reservation (formerly a portion of the “Great Sioux” Reservation) located within the boundaries of the State and district. Rev. Stat., § 2145, is still in force and not repealed by § 328, Fed.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanteb
This is a prosecution for adultery committed on one of the Sioux Indian Reservations in the State of South Dakota. Both participants in the act were Indians belonging to that reservation. The statute upon which the prosecution is founded was originally adopted as part of the act of March 3, 1887, c. 397, 24 Stat. 635, and is now § 316 of the Penal Code. The section makes no mention of Indians, and the question for decision is, whether it embraces adultery committed by one Indian with another Indian on an Indian reservation. The District Court answered the question.in the negative.
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