Konaha v. Brown

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves the right of the State of Wisconsin to enforce its criminal laws against a tribal Indian residing on the Menominee Indian Reservation. The alleged offense was committed on a Wisconsin state highway, which the State of Wisconsin had constructed through the Indian Reservation, under express authorization from the Indian Commissioner. The question is raised through appellee’s habeas corpus application to obtain release from the custody of the Sheriff of Shawano County, Wisconsin. The District Court sustained the contention of the petitioner, who was…