CALDWELL v. PARKER

No. 636.

252 U.S. 376 (1920)

CALDWELL v. PARKER, SHERIFF OF CALHOUN COUNTY, ALABAMA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 19, 1920.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry E. Davis and Mr. Charles D. Kline, with whom Mr. James A. Cobb was on the brief, for appellant:

Mr. J.Q. Smith, Attorney General of the State of Alabama, and Mr. Niel P. Sterne, with whom Mr. Benjamin Micou was on the brief, for appellee.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

Pending the existence of a state of war with Germany the appellant, a soldier in the Army of the United States serving in a camp in Alabama, was tried and convicted for the murder of a civilian at a place within the jurisdiction of the State and not within the confines of any camp or place subject to the control of the civil or military authorities of the United...

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