Jones v. Perkins
Supreme Court of the United States
APEEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR. THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
Jones, the appellant, was arrested under a warrant charging him with a failure to register as required by the Act of Congress of May 18, 1917, known as the Selective Draft Law, (c. 15, 40 Stat. 76), and after a hearing by a United States Commissioner was committed to custody to await the ensuing term of the United States District Court. Alleging that he was illegally restrained because the statute under the assumed authority of which he was held was repugnant to the Constitution of the United States, he petitioned the court below for a writ of habeas corpus. Following a rule to show cause and…
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