Show belling Beer to Indians I HELENA Mont Feb 5Special telegram tele-gram to THE HEHALDA novel decision was made here today by Judge Knowles in the United States circuit court A prisoner pris-oner was before him on habeas corpus proceedings pro-ceedings who had been arrested for selling a bottle of beer to a Crow Indian Tho man was arrested under a United States statute stat-ute which makes it an offense to sell or give spiritous liquor or wine to an Indian ihe decision is that beer does come within the meaning of the statute This Is the first ruling on the question by a United States court The state courts of New Hampshire West Virginia and Tennessee support the decision One New York court and North Carolina hold the other way |