United States ex rel. Pfefer v. Bell
District Court, E.D. New York
Habeas Corpus. Petition by the United States, on the relation of Abraham Pfefer, for writ of habeas corpus against Franklin J. Bell, as Commanding Officer of Camp Upton, Yaphank, Suffolk County, N. Y.
1Opinion of the Court
CHATFIELD, District Judge.
The relator, Pfefer, is in the National Army at Camp Upton, in this district. He is a subject of Russia, who has taken out his first papers and has been drafted as a declarant. The facts shown by the petition and the return are not disputed.
The relator stated before the local board that he was an alien who had filed a declaration of intention. The board on these facts included him within the eligible class, and he was drafted in accordance with the procedure of the law. Upon this application the only question is based upon a general claim that the local board had no…
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