Lott v. United States

(after stating the facts as above).

The questiori which this case presents is whether an Indian, who attempts to purchase liquor from another or solicits another to sell him liquor, solicits or incites the other to commit the offense prohibited by section 142 of the Alaska Criminal Code, so as to be liable to indictment and punishment therefor. That statute does not differ in its essential features from the ordinary state statutes prohibit*112ing the sale of intoxicating liquors, except in the fact that it provides for punishment in the penitentiary for a term not to exceed two years, and…