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UNITED STATES EX REL. SCOTT v. TILLSON

Civ. A. Nos. 1477, 1478.

304 F.Supp. 406 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Thomas M. SCOTT, etc., Petitioner, v. John C. F. TILLSON, III, etc., et al., Respondents. UNITED STATES of America ex rel. James E. JORDAN, III, etc., Petitioner, v. John C. F. TILLSON, III, etc., et al., Respondents.

United States District Court S. D. Georgia.

October 3, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ruffin, Augusta, Ga., Peter E. Rindskopf, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioners.

R. Jackson B. Smith, U. S. Atty., William T. Morton, Asst. U. S. Atty., Augusta, Ga., for respondents.

ORDER

LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.

Privates Thomas M. Scott and James E. Jordan, III, who are at present in the United States Army at Fort Gordon, Georgia, filed petitions for writ of habeas corpus seeking to be released from the service on the ground that they are conscientious objectors opposed to war because of religious convictions.

The case was heard before this Court at Augusta on September 9th. Over respondents' objections, additional testimony...

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