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The Morning News
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
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In Los Angeles US court, Judge Ross ruled that Tule River Indians Bill Whaley, Poncho Franco, Scott Luke, Peter and Jason Caino, charged with murdering medicine man Juan Baptist, are subject to US law despite tribal sentencing. They pleaded guilty to manslaughter and received five years imprisonment and $1 fines each.
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Redskins Not Allowed to Murder with Impunity.
Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 16.—Judge Ross, in the United States court yesterday, rendered an interesting decision as to the rights of Indians, living on their own reservation, to exercise their tribal laws and pass sentence of death. The case was that of Bill Whaley, Poncho Franco, Scott Luke, Peter and Jason Caino, Tule river Indians, charged with the murder of their medicine man, Juan Baptist, because twenty of his patients had died under his care and the Indians believed he was systematically poisoning them. To the defendants was assigned the task by the council of the tribe of disposing of the doctor, which they did by killing him.
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They were allowed to plead guilty of manslaughter, but their counsel raised the point that the court had no jurisdiction. Judge Ross, in his decision, stated that under an act of congress in 1855 all Indians committing crimes against the persons or property of other Indians or other persons within the territory of the United States are amenable to the law of the United States whether on their own reservation or not. The defendants were sentenced to five years imprisonment and a fine of $1 each.
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Los Angeles, Cal.
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Dec. 16.
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defendants pleaded guilty to manslaughter; sentenced to five years imprisonment and a fine of $1 each. juan baptist killed.
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Tule River Indians charged with murdering their medicine man Juan Baptist for allegedly poisoning patients; tasked by tribal council. Court ruled US jurisdiction applies under 1855 act of Congress, even on reservation.