Legal Opinion

Salazar v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided October 13, 1916No. 4643PublishedCited by 11 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of New Mexico. Juan J. Salazar was convicted of selling intoxicating liquor to an Indian who was a ward of the United States, in violation of Act July 23, 1892, as amended by Act Jan. 30, 1897, and he brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

VAN VALKENBURGH, District Judge.

The plaintiff in error was convicted of selling intoxicating liquor to an Indian who was a ward of the United States under the charge of an Indian superintendent or agent. The prosecution was brought under the act of Congress of July 23, 1892 (27 Statutes at Large, 260), as amended by the act of January 30, 1897 (29 Statutes at Large, 506). Morgan v. Ward et al., 224 Fed. 698, 140 C. C. A. 238; United States v. Wright, 229 U. S. 230, 231, 33 Sup. Ct. 630, 57 L. Ed. 1160. Under these statutes the maximum penalty for the offense charged is imprisonment for not…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. United States v. PridgeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. In Re CoySupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Ballew v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  4. Gardes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1898
  5. United States v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1913

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1929
  2. Spirou v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
  3. Calvaresi v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1954
  4. Siglar v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
  5. McKinney v. Finletter, Secretary of U.S. Air ForcesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953

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