Ex parte Williams

McLAUGHLIN, Judge.

On June 23, 1947, to toll the statute of limitations, Art. 61 of Articles for the Government of the Navy, 34 U.S.C.A. § 1200 Art. 61, the Secretary of the Navy ordered Louie “B” Williams, seaman first class, U. S. N. R., to stand trial before a court martial convened pursuant to the authority of the Commandant of the Potomac River Naval Command — a continuous court-martial — upon a charge and specification alleging his desertion from the Navy at Pearl Harbor on July 15, 1945.

When on August 14, 1948, Williams was discovered to have been at Pearl Harbor all of the time and to…