Commonwealth v. Harrison
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
A writ of habeas corpus issued to the defendant, commanding him to bring into court the body of George Ribkin, to do and receive, &c. The defendant returned upon the writ that the said George Rib-kin, on the 12th of March current, was duly enlisted as a private soldier in the army of the United States, by the name of Elipkm Church. And it appeared, by a copy of the enlistment, that he had sworn that he was twenty-one years of age.
1Per curiam
The application for this writ of habeas corpus was made by the master of a Russian ship now in [ * 65 ] * this port; and he therein alleges that George Ribkin was a minor, under the age of twenty-one years, and his indented apprentice under the laws of Russia, to which country they both belong; and further stating that the said Ribkin was unlawfully restrained of his liberty by the respondent. The return upon the writ is, that Ribkin is a soldier in the service of the United-States, duly enlisted by another name, and under the immediate command of the respondent. A copy of his enlistment,…
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