1. Ex parte Mason, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, May 8, 1882, Decided; OCTOBER, 1881 Term
OVERVIEW: Habeas corpus would not lie for a prisoner to obtain release from imprisonment because a court-martial had jurisdiction to try the prisoner, an army sergeant, on a charge of discharging his musket with intent to kill a prisoner under guard and the sentence imposed was authorized by the sixty-second and ninety-seventh Articles of War.
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