United States v. James Allen Cain

Appellant, James Allen Cain, hereinafter called defendant, an Indian, was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota (The Honorable Donald J. Porter, District Judge) of the crime of arson on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was charged and convicted of having burned down the C-W Bar in Lower Brule, which establishment belonged to another Indian. 1 The defendant was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of four years and six months. He appeals.

For reversal defendant contends that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict, that…