Show I S CRIMES OF INDIANS Courts Without Jurisdiction Serious Case Presented St Paul Dec 8A Madison Wis special to the dispatch says The case of Liezzie Daneoc a half breed from Lac In Flambeau was before be-fore the federal court today She was charged with assault with intent to kill I two Indians and her case brought up J I an important oversight in thn federal laws The assault was committed at a I dance Aug 22nd After the girl had spent 115 days in jail here Judge Dunne today dismissed her case on a motion moton for want of jurisdiction Congress in 1885 passed a law to provide punishment punish-ment for assault committed by Indians on a reservation but left it to the other statutes to settle in what courts and in I what manner the offender should be tried Upon investigation it was found I that there was no other statute which contains these provisions and the court was without jurisdiction The decision I is one o national importance |