Legal Opinion
Smith v. Richart
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided January 27, 1944No. Civil Action 1100PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWyche, District Judge
(sitting by designation).
This is an application for writ of habeas corpus filed by Lila Smith, the mother of Louis Dabney Smith, Jr., to obtain his release from the military stockade at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, where he is being held awaiting trial by a general court-martial of the United States Army for violations of Articles of War 64, 65 and 96, 10 U.S.C.A. §§ 1536, 1537, 1568.
I find the facts to be as follows:
The petitioner and her son Louis Dabney Smith, Jr., (hereinafter called the registrant), are members of the sect known as Jehovah’s Witnesses. On January 29, 1943, he returned…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- United States Ex Rel. Bergdoll v. DrumCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
- McCune v. KilpatrickDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1943
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Estep v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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