Legal Opinion
Hamilton v. McClaughry
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kansas
Decided April 12, 1905No. 8,284PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POUDOCK, District Judge.
This is an application for writ of habeas corpus. The return of respondent admits the restraint charged in the petition and seeks to justify upon the following state of facts:
On the 23d day of December, 1900, petitioner was a private in Troop K, Sixth Cavalry Regiment, Army of the United States, stationed at Camp Reilly, Pekin, China, having been ordered theré to assist the allied powers in the protection of the foreign legations, and the suppression of what is commonly known as the “Boxer Uprising” in China. At that time and place petitioner shot and killed one…
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