Durant v. Hironimus

MOORE, District Judge.

In this case petitioner, Kathleen B. Nash Durant, seeks a writ of habeas corpus to require her release from the Federal Reformatory for Women at Alderson, West Virginia, where she is now serving a term of imprisonment imposed upon her pursuant to conviction by an army court martial.

It is alleged in the petition that the conviction was void because (1) the court martial was without jurisdiction to try her (a) for the reason that at the time of her arrest she wás not a member of the armed forces on active duty; and (b) for the further reason that there was a failure to…