THOMPSON v. WILLINGHAM

No. 453.

217 F.Supp. 901 (1962)

Gordon Jay THOMPSON, Petitioner, v. J. T. WILLINGHAM, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Respondent.

United States District Court M. D. Pennsylvania.

October 12, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon Jay Thompson, pro se.


FOLLMER, District Judge.

Gordon Jay Thompson is a military prisoner presently serving his sentence at the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus to which a Response has been filed but no Traverse.

It is his contention that he was tried and convicted by a court-martial for a capital offense although "the United States was not at war at the time of the offences...

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