MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.
The petitioners in these cases were sentenced to prison by military tribunal in Hawaii. Both are civilians. The question before us is whether the military tribunal had power to do this. The United States district court for Hawaii in habeas corpus proceedings held that the military tribunal had no such power and ordered that they be set free. The circuit court of appeals reversed, and ordered that the petitioners...
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