Ex Parte Steele

FOLLMER, District Judge.

A petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed by Leonard F. Steele, a military prisoner at the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, who had been convicted in a court-martial proceeding on a charge of violation of the 92nd Article of War, 10 U.S.C.A. § 1564; the specification being in substance that he did, while in England, on or about April 3, 1944, forcibly and feloniously, against her will, have carnal knowledge of a member of the Women’s Land Army.

The petitioner alleges denial of due process and for that purpose sets forth double jeopardy, that he…