BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order in habeas corpus proceedings releasing and discharging from custody one Gus Menefee, who was serving a life sentence for murder, pursuant to conviction by a naval court-martial. It appears that during the World War Menefee enlisted in the Navy, and on September 22, 1918, while serving as a fireman, shot and killed another enlisted man named Gapinski who was serving as a water tender, on board the United States...
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