Starklof v. United States

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order made in a habeas corpus proceeding remanding the petitioner to custody for imprisonment in the federal jail at Ketchikan, Alaska, to serve a sentence of 150 days imposed by J. A. Peters, United States Commissioner and ex officio justice of the peace in and for Craig Precinct, First Division, Territory of Alaska. The' sole question involved is the jurisdiction of the justice of the peace.

The petitioner was charged in a complaint filed before the justice with the possession of 57 unsealed beaver skins in violation of the Alaska game law (43…