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UNITED STATES v. NICE

No. 681.

241 U.S. 591 (1916)

UNITED STATES v. NICE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 12, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Warren for the United States.

Mr. O.D. Olmstead, with whom Mr. W.B. Backus and Mr. W.J. Hooper were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a prosecution for selling whiskey and other intoxicating liquors to an Indian in violation of the act of January 30, 1897, c. 109, 29 Stat. 506. According to the indictment, the sale was made August 9, 1914, in Tripp County, South Dakota; the Indian was a member of the Sioux tribe, a ward of the United States and under the charge of an Indian agent; and...

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