HAMMOND v. SQUIER

No. 533.

51 F.Supp. 227 (1943)

HAMMOND v. SQUIER, Warden.

District Court, W. D. Washington, S. D.

August 31, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Madden, of Seattle, Wash., and Clifton A. Hix, of San Pedro, Cal., for petitioner.

J. Charles Dennis, U. S. Atty., and Harry Sager, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Tacoma, Wash., for respondent.


LEAVY, District Judge.

The petitioner herein seeks his release by writ of habeas corpus from the United States Penitentiary at McNeil Island, Washington, where he is imprisoned by virtue of a sentence imposed upon him by a special military commission, which was convened on board the U. S. S. Argonne, in the South Pacific, on December 3, 1942.

The commission was convened upon the order of Admiral William F. Halsey, Commander, South Pacific Area and South Pacific...

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