United States v. Thomas
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIFICATE OF DIVISION IN OPINION FROM' THE CIRCUIT COURT OF. THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN. This case came before the court on a certificate of division in opinion between the Judges of the Circuit Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, on the question of its jurisdiction to try the defendant upon the indictment against him.
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CERTIFICATE OF DIVISION IN OPINION FROM' THE CIRCUIT COURT OF. THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN. This case came before the court on a certificate of division in opinion between the Judges of the Circuit Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, on the question of its jurisdiction to try the defendant upon the indictment against him. The defendant, án Indian o.f the Chippewa tribe, was indicted in that court for the murder of one David Corbin, a half breed, of the same tribe, within the limits of La Court Oreilles Indian reservation, in Wisconsin, and was convicted.…
1Opinion of the Court
Mc. Justice Field,
after stating the' case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The judges of the Circuit Court have sent up with the certificate of their division of opinion the entire record of the proceedings in that court, including the-evidence on the trial and the agreed statement of facts by counsel. Such matters outside of the certificate, not constituting part of the pleadings in the case or of the public statutes or treaties bearing upon the point certified, cannot be considered by us in dispos ing of the question presented. The division of opinion arose on the motion to set aside the…
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