United States Ex Rel. Pasela v. Fenno

SMITH, District Judge.

Relator bases his application for habeas corpus on the claim (1) that he is a civilian and Congress may not Constitutionally place him within the jurisdiction of courts-martial, (2) that the Congress has never extended court-martial jurisdiction to civilian personnel accompanying Naval forces in the continental United States, (3) that he has already been placed in jeopardy for the same offense in the civil courts, (4) that the statute under which he is charged 1 does not cover the offenses for which he was tried by the court-martial, namely, bribery and conduct to the…