NOFIRE v. UNITED STATES

No. 578.

164 U.S. 657 (1897)

NOFIRE v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 4, 1897.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Whitney for defendants in error.

No appearance for plaintiffs in error.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs in error were indicted in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas for the murder of Fred. Rutherford "at the Cherokee Nation in the Indian country," on December 15, 1895. They were tried in May, 1896, found guilty by the jury, and, on June 12, the verdict having been sustained, they were sentenced to be hanged.

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