Ex Parte Webb.
Supreme Court of the United States
ON APPLICATION FOE HABEAS CORPUS AND CERTIORARI. Statement of the Case. This is an original application for a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the arrest and detention of the petitioner, who is held in custody by the United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, under a capias or bench warrant issued out of the United States District Court, upon an indictment of which the following is a copy: “United States of America,' Eastern District of Oklahoma, ss:,…
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ON APPLICATION FOE HABEAS CORPUS AND CERTIORARI. Statement of the Case. This is an original application for a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the arrest and detention of the petitioner, who is held in custody by the United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, under a capias or bench warrant issued out of the United States District Court, upon an indictment of which the following is a copy: “United States of America,' Eastern District of Oklahoma, ss:, “In the District. Court of the United States in and for the Eastern District aforesaid, at the March Term thereof, A. D.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
The draftsman of the indictment evidently intended to charge the offense known as “introducing liquor into the Indian country,”- made punishable by § 2139, Rev. Stat., as amended by act of July 23, 1892, 27 Stat. 260, c. 234, and by the “Act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating drinks to Indians,” etc., approved January 30, 1897, 29 Stat. 506, c. 109.
The Circuit Court of Appeals in United States Express Company v. Friedman, 191 Fed. Rep. 673,. dealt with the question whether that portion of Oklahoma formerly known as the Indian Territory ceased to be “Indian country” upon the admission of…
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