Legal Opinion
United States v. Sosseur
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided October 24, 1949No. Cr. 12955, 12956PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, District Judge.
The defendant, Richard Sosseur, is charged with an offense in the information reading as follows:
“The United States Attorney charges:
“On of about the 25th day of August, 1949, within the Indian country, the Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation, in the Western District of Wisconsin, Richard Sosseur an enrolled one-fourth Chippewa Indian, had set up and did keep, manage and use contrivances adapted, suitable, devised and designed for gambling purposes, to-wit: five (5) slot machines, and did induce, entice and permit persons to gamble and play for gain by means of said slot…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
3Cited by5 opinions
- United States v. SosseurCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1950
- United States v. ChapmanDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1971
- United States v. O'BYRNEDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1973
- People v. EdwardsNew York Supreme Court · 1980
- State v. RoodOregon Supreme Court · 1963