Ex parte Dickey
District Court, D. Maine
Petition by William W. Dickey for a writ of habeas corpus to review the validity of his imprisonment under a judgment of a naval court-martial on a charge of scandalous conduct tending to the destruction of good morals.
1Opinion of the Court
HALL, District Judge.
Tlie petition of -William W. Dickey shows that on the 2d day of October, 1912, he was an enlisted man in the United States navy, occupying the position of chief commissary steward on board the United States battleship Kansas; that he continued to be in such service of the United States up to December 2, 1912, when a court-martial was held on board the United States ship Louisiana; that he was tried before such court-martial for scandalous conduct tending to the destruction of good morals; that the specification under this charge set out at length a statement sworn to by…
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