Begay v. Sawtelle

Cecil Begay, hereinafter called petitioner, applied to this court for an original writ of mandamus against W. H. Sawtelle, as state game warden of the state of Arizona, hereinafter called respondent, asMng that the latter be ordered to issue to him a resident general hunting and fishing license, under the provisions of chapter 44, Session Laws of 1935.

Petitioner alleged as grounds of action that he was a citizen of the United States and of the state of Arizona, and of the Indian race, being a member of the Navajo tribe, and a ward of the government of the United States, under the charge of an…