APPLICATION OF KONAHA

No. 8018.

131 F.2d 737 (1942)

Application of KONAHA. KONAHA v. BROWN, Sheriff.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

December 8, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Martin and Wm. A. Platz, Atty. Gen. of Wisconsin, both of Madison, Wis., for appellant.

Jack J. Schumacher, of Shawano, Wis., B. J. Husting and E. J. Koelzer, both of Milwaukee, Wis., and Vernon L. Wilkinson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before EVANS and MAJOR, Circuit Judges, and LINDLEY, District Judge.


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...

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