Legal Opinion

Tla-Koo-Yel-Lee v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 24, 1897No. 516PublishedCited by 25 opinions

ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham

This case comes here on writ of error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Alaska. The plaintiff in error is an Indian, and was indicted with another Indian, named Tak-Ke, and, upon a separate' trial, was corn victed of the crime of murder in killing one August Jansen on or about the 5th day of January, 1894, at or near Shekan, within the Territory of Alaska and within the jurisdiction of the District Court thereof. He was thereupon sentenced to be hanged. ■

Upon the trial in the District Court it appeared that the authorities at Fort Wrangel, some 70 miles from…

2Cited by25 opinions

  1. Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Carroll v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
  3. State v. LittleArizona Supreme Court · 1960
  4. Simon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
  5. United States v. John Nuccio, Rosario Lupo, and William CurcuratoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967

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