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BECKER v. WEBSTER

No. 125, Docket 21187.

171 F.2d 762 (1949)

BECKER v. WEBSTER.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

January 4, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Lipton, of New York City, for appellant.

John F. X. McGohey, U. S. Atty., and John F. Ryan, both of New York City, for appellee.

Before L. HAND, Chief Judge, and CHASE and FRANK, Circuit Judges.

L. HAND, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an order discharging a writ of habeas corpus granted to review the conviction of the relator by a general court-martial. The respondent, General Webster, filed a return to the writ, and the judge heard the case upon the record of the trial before the court-martial at Wiesbaden, Germany, in March, 1948. The conviction was upon three charges: (1) Selling whisky to soldiers; (2) causing "travel orders to be falsely made" by...

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