Legal Opinion
Mayborn v. Heflebower
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 13, 1944No. 11126PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
George M. Mayborn was convicted by a special court-martial for refusal to obey an order of his commanding officer on March 29, 1944, at Camp Barkeley, Texas. He was sentenced to imprisonment for six months with forfeiture of pay. By a petition for habeas corpus, he’ challenged the validity of his confinement on the ground that he was not subject to military juris diction, because he had refused to take the oath administered as a part of the induction ceremony. The court below discharged the writ, and remanded the prisoner to the custody of the appellee. From that…
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