In Re Monroe for a Writ of Habeas Corpus

*108Weaver, C. J.

Agnes Monroe was charged with the crime of “Aiding and Abetting the Commission of Grand Larceny” in Yakima county.

At her arraignment, she told the trial court, in answer to its questions, that she was a member of the Blackfoot tribe. The trial court was also advised that the offense was committed in Wapato, which, it would know, was within the Yakima Indian reservation.

She expressly waived counsel and entered a plea of guilty; was adjudged guilty; and sentenced to the state penitentiary for a period of not more than fifteen years. No challenge was then made to the jurisdiction of…