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The Weekly Elko Independent
Elko, Elko County, Nevada
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Judge McGarvey of Mendocino County, California, ruled that Native Americans are U.S. citizens under the 14th and 15th Amendments, entitling them to vote and buy liquor, thus acquitting a defendant charged with selling alcohol to Indians. The decision has sparked excitement.
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Judge McGarvey, of the Superior Court of Mendocino County, California, has made a decision that is causing much excitement. In a case where a prisoner was brought before him for selling liquor to Indians, he held that under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States Indians are citizens and have a right to vote; that being citizens they have the same right as other citizens to buy liquor, and therefore the prisoner had committed no crime in selling liquor to them.
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Mendocino County, California
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the prisoner was held to have committed no crime in selling liquor to indians, causing much excitement.
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In a case involving a prisoner charged with selling liquor to Indians, Judge McGarvey held that under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Indians are citizens with the right to vote and the same rights as other citizens to buy liquor.