In re Dobbs

Hoffman, Justice.

Upon habeas corpus, the return of an officer of the United States army is, that the party detained was enlisted in the army of the United States, on the 28th day of March last, for the period of five years; had received advance, clothing, &c., to the value of $39.

Henry Dobbs, being examined upon this return, deposed that he was the father of the party detained; that his son was a minor, having been born on the 26th of February, 1841; and that he had not given his consent to the enlistment in any form or manner whatever; and also, that he, the father, was a citizen of the…