Gatlin v. . Walton

The writ of certiorari in this case brings before the Court for review the judgment of his Honor, the Chief Justice, pronounced in vacation, in a proceeding on a writ of habeas corpus. The facts upon which the judgment was rendered are set forth in the petition of the applicant for the writ and the return of the officer, and they present the question whether the act of the Confederate Congress, approved 5 January, 1864, and entitled "An act to put an end to the exemption from military service of those who have heretofore furnished substitutes," is constitutional. The act is in these…