State ex rel. Truman v. McKenney
Nevada Supreme Court
Application for maridamus. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. Statutes of U. S. referring to the criminal jurisdiction over indians. (Rev. Stat. secs. 2145, 2146, 5339.) II.
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Application for maridamus. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. Statutes of U. S. referring to the criminal jurisdiction over indians. (Rev. Stat. secs. 2145, 2146, 5339.) II. The definition of murder by the statutes of this state is broad enough to include all human beings of any nationality, regardless of race, color or extraction, and the indian, having been indicted of murder, is amenable to the state laws the same as any other person within our territorial jurisdiction. (1 Comp. L. 2321 ; 1 Bish. Cr. L. secs. 124, 134, 154, 172, 178, 988; 2 Bish. Cr. L. sec. 630; Ü. 8. v. Rogers, 4…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Leonard, J.:
Relator seeks by mandamus to compel respondent to proceed to the trial of a Shoshone indian named Spanish Jim, for the alleged murder of an indian girl in the town of Belmont, in Nye county, in March, 1883. Respondent admits that he is the duty elected and qualified judge of the fifth judicial district court; that said alleged crime was committed wnthiu the jurisdiction of said court, if at all; that the said Spanish Jim has been indicted by a lawful grand jury of Nye county, charged with the crime of murder, and that such indictment is now of record in the district…
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