Rosborough v. Rossell

PETERS, District Judge.

The case was heard on the petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The following are the facts: The petitioner is a seaman, second class, in the U. S. Navy, having enlisted January 6, 1942, for a period of six years. On June 30, 1942, while serving on detached duty as a member of the armed guard crew on the Motor Ship Baltic, under the command of a Lieutenant of the Naval Reserve, the ship being then moored to the dock at Montevideo, Uruguay, the petitioner, while intoxicated, shot and killed the chief officer of the ship. He was first taken into custody by the local…