United States v. Cohn
Court Of Appeals Of Indian Territory
Appeal from the United States Court for the Northern District. William M. Springer, Judge. The defendant, Louis Cohn, was indicted for selling malt liquors in the Indian Territory. There was a verdict of acquittal. The plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from the United States Court for the Northern District. William M. Springer, Judge. The defendant, Louis Cohn, was indicted for selling malt liquors in the Indian Territory. There was a verdict of acquittal. The plaintiff appeals. This is a criminal action brought in the Northern district of the Indian Territory by the United States, by its attorney, Pliny L. Soper, Esq., against Louis Cohn, the appellee, upon an indictment, sufficient in form and regularly found and presented, charging the defendant in four counts, with having (1) introduced and carried into the Northern district of…
1Opinion of the CourtClayton, J.
The determination of the questions raised in the case depend solely upon the construction to be given to section 8 of an act of congress approved March 1, 1895, entitled “An act to provide for the appointment of additional judges of the United States court in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. ” 28 Stat. 697. It is as follows : ‘ ‘That any person, whether an Indian or otherwise, who shall, in said territory, manufacture, sell, give away, or in any manner, or by any means furnish to any one, either for himself or any other, any vinous, malt or fermented liquors, or any other…
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