United States v. Hadley

HANFORD, District Judge.

The demurrer raises the question whether this case is cognizable in this court. The ninth section of the act of congress making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, etc., approved March 3, 1885 (1 Supp. Rev. St. U. S. [2d Ed.] p. 482), provides that:

“All Indians committing upon the person or property of another Indian or other person any of the following crimes, namely, murder, manslaughter, rape, assault with intent to kill, arson, burglary and larceny within any territory of the United States, and either within or without…