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State v. Pichette

Montana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1951No. 9067PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE ADAIR:

Ed Pichette, a Flathead Indian and a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, residing on the Flathead Indian reservation in Montana, was charged with unlawfully possessing certain beaver hides trapped off the Indian reservation and with unlawfully possessing parts of doe deer shot off the Indian reservation all during the closed season as fixed by Montana law.

Pichette admitted that he trapped the beaver and shot the deer off the reservation and during the closed season, his defense being that under the Hell Gate treaty of 1855 between the United States…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People v. De St. MauriceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Nott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1950
  3. State v. LawrenceMontana Supreme Court · 1949
  4. People v. AlexanderCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1929
  5. City of Salem v. ReadOregon Supreme Court · 1949

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. HollandMontana Supreme Court · 1998
  2. State v. HaleMontana Supreme Court · 1954
  3. State v. Clark-KotarskiMontana Supreme Court · 1971
  4. State v. KobleMontana Supreme Court · 1955

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