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UNITED STATES v. THORNTON

No. 138.

160 U.S. 654 (1896)

UNITED STATES v. THORNTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 6, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dodge for appellants.

Mr. Robert Thornton, appellee, submitted on the record.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN delivered the opinion of the court.

By Rev. Stat. § 1290, as amended by the act of February 27, 1877, c. 69, 19 Stat. 240, 244, "when a soldier is discharged from the service, except by way of punishment for an offence, he shall be allowed transportation and subsistence from the place of his discharge to the place of his enlistment, enrolment, or original muster into the service. The Government may furnish the same in kind, but in case it shall...

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