Legal Opinion · Dissent
Butterfield v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 19, 1917No. 4527Published
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma. Johnston Butterfield and another were convicted of an offense, and they bring error.
1DissentSmith, Circuit Judge
With all possible respect for the opinions of my Associates I feel compelled to unqualifiedly dissent from the foregoing opinion. The defendants below, plaintiffs in error here, were indicted, charged with a violation of the act of January 30, 1897. Chapter 109, 29 Stats. 506, U. S. Compiled Statutes 1916, § 4137, which so far as material is as follows :
“Any person who shall introduce or attempt to introduce any malt, spirituous, or vinous liquor, including beer, ale, and wine, or any ardent or intoxicating liquor of any kind whatsoever into the Indian country, which term shall include any…
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