GRISHAM v. TAYLOR

No. 330.

161 F.Supp. 112 (1958)

Albert H. GRISHAM, Petitioner, v. John C. TAYLOR, Warden of U. S. Penitentiary at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Respondent.

United States District Court M. D. Pennsylvania.

April 22, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Wolfe Kalp, Lewisburg, Pa., for petitioner.

Robert J. Hourigan, U. S. Atty., Scranton, Pa., Lt. Col. Peter S. Wondolowski, Lt. Col. Cecil L. Forinash, The Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army, Washington, D. C., for respondent.


FOLLMER, District Judge.

This habeas corpus proceeding poses the question as to whether a civilian employee attached to the armed forces of the United States stationed in a foreign country is subject to trial by court-martial for a capital offense.

The issue arises on a return and answer to a rule to show cause granted in response to a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by petitioner, a prisoner confined at the United States Penitentiary at Lewisburg...

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