Douglass v. Stahl
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Crawford Circuit Court. Jepti-ia H. Evans, Judge. The Indian Territory has no districts or district courts, within the meaning of the statute authorizing arrest and removal of offenders from one district to another. 20 Fed. 298; R. S. (U. S.) § 1014. The courts of the Indian Territory are simply United States courts, and not district or circuit courts. 1 Supp.
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Appeal from Crawford Circuit Court. Jepti-ia H. Evans, Judge. The Indian Territory has no districts or district courts, within the meaning of the statute authorizing arrest and removal of offenders from one district to another. 20 Fed. 298; R. S. (U. S.) § 1014. The courts of the Indian Territory are simply United States courts, and not district or circuit courts. 1 Supp. R. S. p. 670, §§ 1, 5, 16. The warrant was void on its face, for want of authority of the commission to issue; and it afforded no protection to the marshal. 1 Bish. Cr. Prac. § 187; 6 Barr, 260; 8 Minn. 477; 11 Ark. 642; 6…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
Robert Douglass was indicted in the United States circuit court for the Northern district of the Indian Territory for murder committed in that district on the 15th day of December, 1897. The marshal of the district thereupon wrote to the sheriff of Franklin county, in this state, for information as to the whereabouts of the defendant, and, by way of identification, stated that his father had a stiff arm. The sheriff replied that he resided about twelve miles from Ozark, in this state. The marshal in the Indian Territory then sent a copy of the indictment and the letter of the sheriff to…
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