Pronovost v. United States

Citations

• 232 U.S. 487
• 34 S. Ct. 391
• 58 L. Ed. 696
• 1914 U.S. LEXIS 1379

Syllabus

<p>Under tbe act of January 30,1897, 29 Stat. 506, it is an offense against the United States to introduce liquor into the Indian country, and this act embraces Indian country within a State.</p> <p>An Indian reservation is Indian country, and this court takes judicial notice of the existence at a specified, time of a reservation established by treaty and statute.</p> <p>With exceptions immaterial here, the jurisdiction of the District Court of the United States, as prescribed by law, embraces all offenses against the United States committed within the district.</p>