Rooney v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Oregon; Robert S. Bean, Judge. Stewart Rooney was convicted of feloniously introducing liquor into ' the Indian country, and he brings error. Indictment for violation of provisions of Act Jan. 30, 1807, c. 109, 29 Stat. 50(>, entitled: "An act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating drinks to Indians, providing penalties therefor, and for other purposes.”
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Oregon; Robert S. Bean, Judge. Stewart Rooney was convicted of feloniously introducing liquor into ' the Indian country, and he brings error. Indictment for violation of provisions of Act Jan. 30, 1807, c. 109, 29 Stat. 50(>, entitled: "An act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating drinks to Indians, providing penalties therefor, and for other purposes.” The plaintiff in error was jointly indicted with one Vincent Wontock for unlawfully and feloniously introducing intoxicating liquor into the Indian country in violation of…
1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The assignment'of errors raises two points:
First. That the court erred in overruling the motion made by the defendant to require the government to elect upon which count of the indictment it would rely.
Second. That the conviction of the plaintiff in error cannot stand after the jury had found Wontock not guilty.
[1] 1. In the first count of the indictment Vincent Wontock is charged as principal, and Stewart Rooney as aiding, inciting, and abetting the said Vincent Wontock in the commission of the crime. In the third count of the indictment both Wontock and…
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