State v. Mamlock

Citations

• 58 Wash. 631
• 109 P. 47
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 981

Syllabus

<p>Indians—Sale of Intoxicating Liquors—Police Power. Rem. & Bal. Code, § 6288, prohibiting'the sale of intoxicating liquors to Indians, is a valid exercise of the police power, inherent in state sovereignty; and accordingly does not violate the fourteenth amendment to the Federal constitution in so far as it prohibits sale to Indians who are citizens; nor art. 1, § 8 of the constitution conferring authority on the general government to regulate commerce with Indian tribes, in so far as it prohibits sales to Indian wards of the United States.</p>