Good Shot v. United States, 179 U.S. 87 (1900)

Good Shot v. United States


No. 447


Submitted October 22, 1900
Decided October 29, 1900
179 U.S. 87

CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Syllabus

A circuit court of appeals has no jurisdiction to review upon writ of error the trial, judgment and sentence of an Indian to imprisonment for life founded upon a verdict rendered on a trial of an indictment of the Indian for murder by which verdict the jury find the defendant "guilty as charged in the indictment, without capital punishment."

The case is stated in the opinion.