People Ex Rel. Garling v. . Van Allen

The question presented in this case is whether a person prosecuted for an offence before a court-martial organized under the laws of this State, can demand, as a constitutional right, that he be allowed to defend with counsel, or whether this privilege is a matter of favor and discretion. Section 6 of article 1 of the Constitution declares that "no person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime (except in cases of impeachment, and in cases of militia when in actual service, and the land and naval forces in time of war, or which this State may keep with the consent of…