United States v. King

SEAMAN, District Judge.

The defendant stands convicted under an indie tin out for assault with intent to commit rape. Both the accused and the assaulted woman are Oneida Indians, under charge of an Indian agent, and residing on the Oneida reservation, where the alleged assault was committed. Motion is made in arrest of judgment. and the only question presented is whether the offense is cognizable under the United States statutes. The power of congress to legislate in regard to crimes by or against the Indians as wards of the government is clearly settled by the decisions of the supreme court.…