King v. Daniel
Supreme Court of Florida
An ordained local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, who is proved to have been in the regular discharge of his ministerial duties, at the date of the passage of the act of Congress entitled “ an act to organize forces to serve during the war,” approved February 17th, 1864, and continues so to be, is, by virtue of the provisions of said act, exempted from the obligation to perform military service. This case was decided at Tallahassee.
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An ordained local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, who is proved to have been in the regular discharge of his ministerial duties, at the date of the passage of the act of Congress entitled “ an act to organize forces to serve during the war,” approved February 17th, 1864, and continues so to be, is, by virtue of the provisions of said act, exempted from the obligation to perform military service. This case was decided at Tallahassee. Appeal from Suwannee Circuit Court. A statement of the case is contained in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtDuPONT, C. J.
The questions brought up for adjudication by this appeal *92involves the proper interpretation of that clause of the act of Congress, approved February 17th, 1864, entitled “ au act to organize forces to serve during the war,” which exempts from military service “ ministers of religion.”
The record shows -.that the appellant was arrested under the orders of the appellee, who was at the date of the arrest commandant of conseripts in the military district in which he resided. The writ of habeas corpus was sued out on the 18th day of October, 1864, and the return to the same was made on the 29th day…
2Cited by1 opinion
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