UNITED STATES v. PELICAN

No. 787.

232 U.S. 442 (1914)

UNITED STATES v. PELICAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Wallace for the United States.

There was no appearance or brief filed for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendants were indicted for the murder, on August 30, 1913, of Ed Louie, a full-blood Indian and a member of the Colville tribe. It was charged that the crime was committed "at a point about nine miles northwest of the ton of Curlew, in the county of Ferry, State of Washington, in the Indian country, to wit, upon the allotment of one Agnes, an Indian, being lot three...

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