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" But it shall be a sufficient defense to any charge of introducing or attempting to introduce ardent spirits, ale, beer, wine, or intoxicating liquors into the Indian country, that the acts charged were done under authority, in writing, from the War Department,... "
The Federal Government and the Liquor Traffic - Page 202
by William Eugene Johnson - 1911 - 275 pages
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Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 225

United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 840 pages
...however, That the person convicted shall be committed until fine and costs are paid. But it shall be a sufficient defense to any charge of introducing or...Indian country that the acts charged were done under VOL. ccxxv — 43 Opinion of the Court. 225 US the Cherokee Nation, and the city of Vinita, where the...
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An Analytical Digest of the Laws of the United States, Volume 2

Frederick Charles Brightly - Law - 1869 - 680 pages
...introducing or attempting to introduce liquor into the Indian country if it be proved to be done by order of titution and government And if any superintendent of Indian affairs, Indian agent or sub-agent, or commanding officer of a...
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Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners to the ..., Volume 27

United States. Board of Indian Commissioners - Indians of North America - 1896 - 142 pages
...paid, the informers to have and receive one-half of all fines paid and collected. But it shall be a sufficient defense to any charge of introducing, or...Indian country that the acts charged were done under anthority, in writing, from the War Department, or any officer duly authorized therennto by the War...
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Calendar of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 1874

Royal College of Surgeons of England - Medicine - 1874 - 782 pages
...under sections 2139 and 2140, Revised Statutes, Indians shall be competent witnesses. It shall be a sufficient defense to any charge of introducing or...officer duly authorized thereunto by the War Department. 472. The Indian country within the meaning of the foregoing paragraph may be defined, in general, as...
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Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1875 - 1032 pages
...liquor into the Indian country is punishable by tine and imprisonment, except it 1* done by order of tbe War Department, or any officer duly authorized thereunto by the War Department." By fair implication, the introduction of spirituous liquor into the ludiau country is prohibited wherever...
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th ..., Volume 12

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1876 - 956 pages
...liqm>r into the Imlinn country is punishable by fine and imprisonment, except it, ' he done by order of the War Department, or any officer duly authorized thereunto by the War Department." By fair implication, the introduction of spirituous liquor into the Indian country is prohibited wherever...
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Report Upon the Customs District, Public Service, and Resources of Alaska ...

William Gouverneur Morris - Alaska - 1879 - 202 pages
...before cited by the AttorneyGeneral, to wit: "The acts charged were done by order of or under authority from the War Department, or any officer duly authorized thereunto by the War Department." If it is construed that the War Department can delegate this power to an officer of the civil service...
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The Federal Reporter, Volume 141

Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 1122 pages
...however, that the person convicted shall be committed until fine and costs are paid. But it shall be a sufficient defense to any charge of Introducing or...liquors Into the Indian country, that the acts charged wore done under authority, in writing, from the War Department or any officer duly authorized thereunto...
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Constitution and Laws of the Muskogee Nation

Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma, Creek Nation - Constitutions - 1880 - 154 pages
...introduce liquor into the Indian country, that the acts charged were done by order of or under authority from the War Department, or any officer duly authorized thereunto by the War Department. Section 2140. If any superintendent of Indian Affairs, Indian agent, or sub-agent, or commanding officer...
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Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the ...

United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs - Indians of North America - 1883 - 566 pages
...introduce liquor into the Indian country, that the acts charged were done, by order of or under auth< rily from the War Department, or any officer duly authorized thereunto by the War Department. And section 2140 provides that — It shall moreover be the duty of any person in the service of the...
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