United States ex rel. Kotzen v. Local Exemption Board No. 157
District Court, S.D. New York
Habeas corpus by the. United Slates, on the relation of Max Kotzen, against the Chairman, Clerk, and Members of Local Exemption Board No. 157 Cor the City of New York, the Military Authorities of the United States, and any person having custody of the relator.
1Opinion of the Court
KNOX, 'District judge.
In this case Max Kotzen, the relator, obtained a writ of habeas corpus for the purpose of being discharged from the military service of the United States, into which he had been inducted by Local Exemption Board 157 of the city of New York. The relator, being within the draft age, claimed upon his questionnaire to have been born in Russia» on October 31, 1890, and to have come to this country in 1893 (approximately 25 years ago). At the time of his arrival he was accompanied by his mother. Nothing is said in the questionnaire, as to his father, save that he answered “No”…
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