Legal Opinion
McCord v. Page
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 8, 1941No. 10057PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment dismissing the petition of Joe L. McCord for a writ of habeas corpus. The questions for our decision are whether or not the court below committed reversible error (1) in failing to hear evidence on the petition in the presence of the petitioner, and (2) in refusing to issue the writ.
The petition alleged that McCord had voluntarily enlisted in the military forces of the United States; that subsequent to his enlistment he had become an ordained minister in the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society; that the tenets of his religion were…
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