Legal Opinion
Nelson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 14, 1927No. 7310PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYMES, District Judge.
Plaintiff in error, Fred Nelson, and his wife, Bessie Nelson, were indicted and convicted of a felony, to wit, possession of intoxicating liquor, two pints of whisky, in Osage county, Okl., the same being in and upon Indian country. Fred Nelson alone brings the case here, the writ having been dismissed as to Bessie Nelson.
The indictment rests upon two statutes. Section 17 of the Act of March 2, 1917, 39 Stat. 969 (U. S. Comp. Stat. § 4137a), reads, “That all of Osage county, Oklahoma, shall hereafter be deemed to be Indian country within the meaning of the acts of…
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