UNITED STATES v. DEAHL

No. 13100.

151 F.2d 413 (1945)

UNITED STATES ex rel. WOODARD v. DEAHL, Commanding Officer, Camp Chaffee, Ark.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

October 27, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben F. Roberts, of Shreveport, La. (Robert H. Wimberly, of Arcadia, La., and John P. Woods, of Fort Smith, Ark., on the brief), for appellant.

Clinton R. Barry, U. S. Atty., of Fort Smith, Ark. (Thomas C. Pitts and Hugh M. Bland, Asst. U. S. Attys., and George P. Red, Second Lieutenant, Litigation Officer S Sv. C., JAGD, of Dallas, Tex., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GARDNER, SANBORN, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court discharging after trial a writ of habeas corpus previously issued and dismissing the petition of appellant, a soldier who had been inducted into the military forces of the United States pursuant to the provisions of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix § 301 et seq.

The appellant, Ernest Scott Woodard, is a citizen of the state of...

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