United States v. Sutton

Citations

• 215 U.S. 291
• 30 S. Ct. 116
• 54 L. Ed. 200
• 1909 U.S. LEXIS 1758

Syllabus

<p>United States v. Celestine, ante, p. 278, followed, as to continuance of jurisdiction of United States over offenses. committed within the limits of an Indian reservation.</p> <p>The Indians, as wards of the Government, are the beneficiaries of the prohibition against the introduction of liquor into Indian country; and, under the Washington enabling act, jurisdiction and control over Indian lands remains in the United States, and Congress has power to prohibit and punish the introduction of liquor therein.</p> <p>The limits of an Indian reservation are not changed by allotments in severalty during the trust period, and, where the lands allotted are subject to restrictions against alienation and to defeasance, the prohibition against liquor continues to be effective.</p>