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JONES v. PERKINS

No. 738.

245 U.S. 390 (1918)

38 S.Ct. 166

62 L.Ed. 358

JONES v. PERKINS, DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 7, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Gordon Jones, with whom Mr. Thomas E. Watson was on the brief, for appellant.

The Solicitor General, with whom Mr. Robert Szold was on the brief, for appellees. See ante, 368.

Mr. Hannis Taylor and Mr. Joseph E. Black, by leave of court, filed a brief as amici curiae.

Mr. Walter Nelles, by leave of court, filed a brief as amicus curiae.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

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...

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