Show MAY TRICK THE RED MAN Not a Crime to Pass Confederate Money on Poor Lo Fargo N D Dec 24It Is not a crime against the United States to pass a Confederate Con-federate bill on an unsuspecting Indian according to the decision of Judge Ami don of the United States court In the Barrett case Barrett was arrested forgivIng for-giving an Indian a Confederate 50 bill in a horse trade It was alleged that ho had violated section 3130 of the Revised United States Statutes which makes it a crime to carry paper bills bearing a similitude si-militude to regular currency Judge Amldon holds that the general likeness which one bill holds to thQ regular reg-ular currency Is liiHUfllol nt to convict unless It has been attempted to make It an Imitation or forgery of real money and Indicates that the Indians only recourse re-course Is through the Slate courts na the offence was merely a cheat and not against the United States law Barrett was a Billings cowboy and has been discharged dis-charged from custody |