Liner v. Cozart

Bringing habeas corpus to obtain his release from imprisonment under a sentence imposed by a general court martial, petitioner put forward several grounds for release.

The district judge, after a full hearing in which the record was examined and the grounds canvassed, determined that none of them presented matters going to the jurisdiction of the court or entitling petitioner to release.

We agree. His main contention, that a pre-trial investigation under Article of War 70, 10 U.S.C.A. § 1542, is jurisdictional, and that there were defects in it which deprived the court of jurisdiction, have…