PER CURIAM.
Applicant, imprisoned under a sentence of a general court-martial, was produced under a writ of habeas corpus and his contentions fully heard. The court-martial record shows a duly constituted court, a trial under a charge of murder, a conviction, a sentence to life imprisonment, reduced to twenty-seven years. The main contention is that the evidence did not show premeditation and the charge ought to have been manslaughter. Another contention is that accused...
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