United States v. Sitarangok
District Court, D. Alaska
This .case was submitted to the court by stipulation on agreed statement of facts; N. H. Castle, Assistant United States Attorney, signing the stipulation on behalf of the plaintiff, and O. D. Cochran, Esq., on behalf of the defendant.
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This .case was submitted to the court by stipulation on agreed statement of facts; N. H. Castle, Assistant United States Attorney, signing the stipulation on behalf of the plaintiff, and O. D. Cochran, Esq., on behalf of the defendant. The statement of facts is as follows: “(1) That said defendant is a male person of the Eskimo race, between the ages of 18 and 50 years, and has continuously resided in the Council road district, Council City precinct, Second division, district of Alaska, for more than two years last past. “(2) That said defendant is able-bodied and capable of performing labor…
1Opinion of the Court
MURANE, District Judge.
The act of Congress under which this prosecution is brought is an act entitled “An act to authorize the appointment of road overseers, and to create road districts in the district of Alaska,” approved April -27, 1904 (33 Stat. 391), and reads in part as follows:
“Road overseers of the different precincts are authorized, and it is made their duty, to warn out all male persons between eighteen and fifty years of age who have resided thirty days in the district of Alaska, who are capable of performing labor on roads or trails, and who are not a precinct charge, to perform…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In re Sah QuahDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1886
- Kie v. United StatesUnited States Circuit Court · 1886
- Waters v. CampbellU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon · 1876
- United States v. Shaw-MuxDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1873
- United States v. MillerDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1901
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