United States ex rel. Feld v. Bullard

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant appeals from an order sustaining a writ of habeas corpus. The appellee was held in the custody of the commanding officer at Et. Jay, New York Harbor, having been arrested as a deserter from United States military service. He is said to have been inducted into that service pursuant to the provisions of the Selective Service Law (Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 2044a et seq.). The question here presented is whether or not the appellee was lawfully inducted into that service, and therefore whether or not the appellant had jurisdiction to hold him for…