In re McLave

BLATCHFORD, District Judge.

One John McLave, who was born on the 20th of November, 1850, enlisted, on the 23d of April, 1869, being then eighteen years and fhfe months old, in the naval service of the United States, for the term of three years, without the consent of his father, who was then living. On enlisting, he took an oath, that he was twenty-two years of age. On the 26th of October, 1S70, the father presented a petition to this court, praying for the discharge of McLave from service, he being on board the United States vessel of war Guer-riere, in the harbor of New York. The grounds…