Commonwealth v. Murray
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This was a habeas corpus to the defendant, who is commander of the gunboats on this station, to bring up the body of John Lewis Connor, alleged to be in his custody.
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This was a habeas corpus to the defendant, who is commander of the gunboats on this station, to bring up the body of John Lewis Connor, alleged to be in his custody. The return of Commodore Murray stated the act of congress of the' 31st January 1809, authorizing the President of the United States to cause to be engaged and employed 3600 able seamen, ordinary seamen and boys, to serve for a period not exceeding two years; that in pursuance of instructions from the President, John Lewis Connor was engaged in the usual form to serve for a period not exceeding two years from the ■-day of-, in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
John Lewis Connor who is brought before the Court on this habeas corpus, is an infant of the age of seventeen years and about eight months. He has neither father, master nor guardian, but he has a mother with whom he lived at the time of his being enlisted in the navy of the United States, two or three weeks ago. He claims a discharge on the principle of his contract not being obligatory, by reason of his infancy.
By the eighth section of the first article of the constitution of the United States, it is provided, that the congress shall have power to raise and support armies, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth ex rel. Bressler v. GaneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1863
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