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UNITED STATES v. CHAVEZ

No. 162.

290 U.S. 357 (1933)

54 S.Ct. 217

78 L.Ed. 360

UNITED STATES v. CHAVEZ ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 11, 1933.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Biggs, with whom Assistant Solicitor General MacLean and Messrs. Harry S. Ridgely and W. Marvin Smith were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. George R. Craig submitted the cause and Mr. David A. Grammer filed a brief for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

By indictment in the federal district court for New Mexico, Gregorio Chavez and Jose Maria Chavez, described as "non-Indians," were charged with the larceny, on January 3, 1932, "at and within the limits of the Pueblo of Isleta, the same being Indian Country, in the State and district of New Mexico," of certain live-stock belonging to designated Indians of that Pueblo. By a demurrer the defendants challenged...

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