COLLINS v. McDONALD

No. 150.

258 U.S. 416 (1922)

COLLINS ET AL. v. McDONALD, COMMANDANT OF DISCIPLINARY BARRACKS OF THE UNITED STATES, ALCATRAZ ISLAND, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 10, 1922.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George D. Collins for appellants.

Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. Blackburn Esterline, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

In February, 1920, Roy Marshall, a private in the United States Army, serving at Vladivostok, Siberia, was tried for robbery by a court martial there convened, was found guilty and was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary at McNeil's Island.

Five months later, when Marshall was at the Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island, awaiting transportation to McNeil's Island, a petition for a writ of...

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