Legal Opinion
Ex parte Hart
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided November 18, 1907No. 4,902PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus.
1Opinion of the Court
WOFVFRTON, District Judge.
Dan Hart, the petitioner, is being held for the offense of incest committed with his daughter, both being Indians and settled upon the Umatilla Indian Reservation, in Oregon, under a warrant issued by a United States commissioner, and the hearing is upon an order to the marshal to show cause why the petitioner is so held. Hart is not an allottee.
By the statutes relating to Indians (section 2145, Rev. St.) it is provided that the general laws of the United States as to the punishment of crimes committed in any place within the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. BridlemanDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1881
- United States v. MartinDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1883
- United States v. BaumU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Utah · 1896
- United States v. KingDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1897
3Cited by1 opinion
- Bailey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931