Show boss case cage dismissed the de demorier murier nas as sustained arid and the dismissed in the case of the united states baates against george boss for taking pr or selling liquor in indian country by judge john A marshall it will be remembered that last fall after the opening of the rt reservation geo buss boss v as arrested by go officials for selling whiskey on the white rocks agency reserve to soldiers not indians as is stated in the salt lake papers T W odonnell attorney for boss dem irid ird to tile the indictment and raised the i joint that the reserves on the fort uintah indian rese reservation ration were no longer indian country as the reser had bc been n opened to settlement and the indiana allotted in se severalty see ralty sp ng ot the caso the inter moun aloun tain rel rei publican says an opinion of much importance was rendered yesterday yeste iday by judge john A marshall in the case of the united stales against george boas bass in v aich the demurrer of defendant to indictment dt urging him with I 1 spirituous liquors into the indian country was sustained the ruling of judge Marb marshall hall recognizes the indians residents in that portion of utah formerly known own as aa uintah indian reservation as citizens cit izena of the united states subject to the state laws civil and criminal and takes tile the supervision of cases like e the one in question from the gen general al government the indictment against george boss was found under the act of jan 30 1897 and charged defendant with introducing intoxicating liquors into a part of the uintah reservation the specific date of the offense being named as sept 20 1905 to this indictment tho the defendant demurred demarre d the point of demurrer being that before sept 20 1985 a portion of tile the land within the uintah reservation had been allotted in severalty severally to each of the indians the remainder including the land described in the indictment had become a part odthe of the public domain and the act of jan 30 1897 was no longer applicable |