United States v. Nelson

DAWSON, Judge.

Defendant was indicted at the May term, 1886, of the district court for selling distilled liquors in the town of Sitka, in the district of Alaska, contrary to the statutes of the United States made and provided against, etc. To this indictment defendant has demurred upon two grounds: (1) That the statute of the United States which it is alleged was violated, is unconstitutional and void; (2) that the indictment does not state facts sufficient to constitute an offense against the statute.

*144The question presented is, has congress the constitutional power to prohibit the importation,…