Farley v. Ratliff
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court o£ the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston; Benjamin F. Keller, Judge. Petition by Manderville Farley for writ of habeas corpus against A. O. Ratliff, Deputy United States Marshal, and the Sheriff of Kanawha County, W. Va. From a judgment denying the petition, the petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WADDILL, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision and order of the District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston, rendered on the 22d day of November, 1919, whereby the court refused to grant the petition of the appellant, praying for a writ of habeas corpus to discharge him from the custody of the appellee Ratliff, a deputy marshal, who claimed to hold appellant as a deserter from the United States army, and dismissed said petition. The facts of the case may be briefly stated as follows:
Appellant, hereinafter called the petitioner, on the 5th of June, 1917,…
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