Hoskins v. Pell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi; Henry C. Niles, Judge. Application by O. J. Pell for writ of habeas corpus against George C._ Hoskins and others to obtain the custody of Oscar J. Pell, Jr. From a judgment commanding the immediate surrender of Oscar J. Pell, Jr., respondents appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
On the 21st day of July, 1916, at Jackson, Miss., Oscar J. Pell, Jr., applied for enlistment in a regiment of the National Guard of Mississippi, which prior to' that date the President had called into the service of the United States. He represented himself to be 18 years of age, when in fact he was under 16 years of age, having been born November 1, 1900. He took the oath of enlistment prescribed by section 70 of the National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, and was accepted. On the same day, July 21st, without, so' far as appears, having done or received anything as a…
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