Hoskins v. Dickerson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the South-, ern District of Mississippi; Henry C. Niles, Judge. Habeas corpus by J. H. Dickerson against George C. Hoskins to obtain the custody of petitioner’s minor child. From a judgment directing respondent to immediately deliver the child to petitioner, respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
On the 27th day of June, 1916, Otis Dickerson enlisted in the National Guard of the United States and of the state of Mississippi, and took the oath prescribed by section 70 of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916. At that time he was under the age of 18 years, having been born on October 16, 1898. He had parents living who did not consent to his enlistment. He was serving as a member of the regimental band of the First Mississippi Regiment of the United States Army, which was encamped near Jackson, Miss., when his father, the appellee, filed a petition for the writ…
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