(DOWNLOAD) "State v. Moss" by Supreme Court of Wyoming " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State v. Moss
- Author : Supreme Court of Wyoming
- Release Date : January 22, 1970
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
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This cause is before us on a bill of exceptions, filed by the Prosecuting Attorney of Fremont County and presented here by the Wyoming Attorney General, pursuant to §§ 7-288 — 7-291, W.S. 1957. The bill challenges an order of the trial court dismissing Page 334 for lack of jurisdiction a charge of first-degree murder against John Pius Moss, a member of the Northern Arapahoe Indian Tribe, for the killing of Eva Clara Holmes. The finding of the trial court is unquestioned that the alleged crime was committed on deceaseds property within the limits of the City of Riverton on the corner of Fourth Street and Monroe Avenue, which property had formerly been an allotment of an 80-acre tract to the heirs (members of the Arapahoe Indian Tribe) of one All Sings, the land being later patented, sold to a white man, and thereafter dedicated to the City of Riverton. The court further found that the offense was one of those included in 18 U.S.C. § 1153 (Supp. V, 1965-1969), was committed within the exterior limits of the Wind River Indian Reservation — which is "Indian country" as described in 18 U.S.C. § 1151 — and hence was within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States.