Show IND AN i UNUSUAL ell L 3 T I Cites Scripture As His Authority to Use Narcotic HELENA A. Mont Int Sept Up 23 23 W Whether the Bible is sufficient authority for fOl the tho use UBI of ot mescal in I n religious ceremonials ceremonial by b the Crow Indians I is a question to be determined by the th Montana su su- supreme supreme preme court this full fall Dig Big Sheep a n Crow Indian was arrested and convicted In the dis district court for nip Big Horn county count 1 charged ed with possession s n of nar nar- Federal I 1 ratO agents found In I his hla possession a anI art k containing 56 im buttons dig Sheep explained ex exp that he le is I a I II loader inder I of ot the congregation of the Native American church and that the decoction from the buttons is I isa a necessary part past of oC time the ritual of the church State und and federal laws may tay lOa It t Is s a prohibited narcotic The Tho Indian appealed from Crom from the decision of oC the district court citing three scriptural references reference which he al alleged al- al as his authority for posses posses- possession slot sion of the buttons and use of the liquor made from them thun These include the time second verse of Romans Homan 1 XIV XI the seventeenth le verse p of Revelations ne II it and the entire chapter o 0 or Ilah Islah II IT Big HI Sheep declares that he lie owned the Iho 50 56 mescal buttons before beCore 1923 1933 Uw law l became ef of- wh n n the Montana iw Ce vc and that he he liquor prepared by Ly stewing and boiling holling tho the buttons wa was vas taken only in accordance with and doctrines of the Bl- Bl I- I 11 bl bland and for Cor no other purpose 00 oo |