Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Crow Dog

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 17, 1883PublishedCited by 349 opinions

Petition for writs of habeas corpus and certiorari.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews

The petitioner is'in the custody of the marshal of the United States for the Territory of Dakota, imprisoned in the jail of Lawrence County, in the First Judicial District of that Territory, under sentence of death, adjudged against him by "the district court for that, district, to be carried into execution January 14th, 1884. That judgment was rendered upon a conviction for the murder of an Indian of the Brule Sioux band of the Sioux nation of Indians, by the name of Sin-ta-ge-le-Scka, o“r in English, Spotted Tail, the prisoner also being an Indian, of the same band and nation, and the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Wood v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
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  3. United States v. McBratneySupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  4. Bates v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  5. The Cherokee TobaccoSupreme Court of the United States · 1871

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3Cited by349 opinions

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