Legal Opinion

Bigrow v. Hiatt

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Decided March 11, 1947No. 196PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOLLMER, District Judge.

William F. Bigrow, a military prisoner at the United States Penitentiary, Lewis-burg, Pennsylvania; who has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, was convicted' in a court-martial proceeding on two charges as follows:

“Charge I: Violation of the 93rd Article of War.
“Specification: In that Private William F. Bigrow, Company ‘A’, 35th Tank Battalion, did, in the vicinity of Vannes, France, on or about 9 August 1944, willfully, feloniously, and unlawfully kill Tec 5 Walter J. LaSavage, by shooting him in the neck with a machine gun.
“Charge II: Violation of the 75th…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Ex Parte BainSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  2. Ex Parte QuirinSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Hill v. United States Ex Rel. WamplerSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  4. In Re YamashitaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  5. Neufield v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. McClellan v. HumphreyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1949
  2. United States v. SmithDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1952
  3. Bigrow v. HiattCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
  4. McDaniel v. HiattDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1948
  5. Duval v. HumphreyDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1949

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