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Ex parte Rock

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Ohio

Decided February 17, 1909No. 7,709PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus.

1Opinion of the Court

TAYLER, District Judge.

This is an application by Charles J. Rock, father of Ralph J. Rock, to obtain a discharge of the son by means of a writ of habeas corpus.

Ralph J. Rock has been arrested by the United States naval authorities on a charge of desertion, and has been confined for safekeeping with the sheriff of Cuyahoga county, pending removal to a naval station. The ground upon which the claim is made that the son should be discharged is that his enlistment in the United States navy as an apprentice seaman April 30, 1907, was void; he being then under the age of 18 years, and no…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Dillingham v. BookerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1908

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Ex parte HubbardU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1910
  2. Ex parte DunakinDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1913
  3. State Ex Rel. Klingle v. FisherSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1928
  4. United States v. EstepCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945
  5. United States v. EstepCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945

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