United States ex rel. Hendricks v. Pendleton

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

The relator in this proceeding is the father of John H. Hendricks, who is now imprisoned in the Philadelphia Navy Yard under the sentence of a court-martial imposed to punish his desertion from the navy. The facts have been agreed upon by counsel and are as follows:

The minor was 17 years old on July 9, 1905. In the early part of January, 1906, he was a telegraph operator by occupation. On January 5th he made a written application to a recruiting officer for the *691United States navy at Cincinnati to be enlisted as “landsman ior electrician, third class.” On the…