Ex parte Gerlach
District Court, S.D. New York
Application of Charles E. Gerlach for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain his release from imprisonment under a sentence of court-martial.
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.
Charles E. Gerlach, an employe of the United States Shipping Board, went to Europe as mate on the steamship McClellan, a vessel apparently in use as a military transport, though this fact was not definitely proved. He was there discharged, and sent hack on the El Occidente, an army transport, to New York. He volunteered to stand watch, and for several days did this, but finally refused to continue. Eor this disobedience to the order of an army officer, who was in command of the transport, he was tried by a court-martial and sentenced to five years’…
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