Ex Parte Mason
Supreme Court of the United States
Petition for a writ of habeas corpus and a certiorari. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
This is a petition' for a' writ of habeas corpus to release John A. Mason, the petitioner, from confinement in the Albany-penitentiary under a sentence by a general court-martial. The facts are these: Mason was a sergeant in Battery B of the Second Regiment of Artillery, in the army of the United States. He was tried by a general court-martial on the charge of violating the sixty-second Article of War, in that “ having been ordered with his battery from Washington Barracks for guard duty at the United'States jail, in the city of Washington, D. 0., and having arrived at said jail for said…
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