JOHN BAD ELK v. UNITED STATES

No. 350.

177 U.S. 529 (1900)

JOHN BAD ELK v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 30, 1900.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas B. McMartin and Mr. S.B. Van Buskirk for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Boyd for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error was convicted in April, 1899, in the Circuit Court of the United States, in South Dakota, of the murder on March 13, 1899, of John Kills Back at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, and sentenced to be hanged. The case is brought here on writ of error to the Circuit Court.

Both the deceased and the plaintiff in error were Indians and policemen, residing on the reservation...

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