U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kansas December 10, 1900 (Carter v. McClaughry)

HOOK, District Judge.

This is a proceeding in habeas corpus. The writ having been allowed, the canse arises on petitioners demurrer to the return thereto. Oberlin M. Carter, who was a captain in the corps of engineers of the United States army, was tried before a general court-martial which convened at Savannah, Ga.