United States v. Chamberlin, 10143.
Decision Date | 05 October 1950 |
Docket Number | No. 10143.,10143. |
Citation | 184 F.2d 404 |
Parties | UNITED STATES ex rel. GIESE v. CHAMBERLIN et al. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Seventh Circuit |
Otto Kerner, Jr., U. S. Atty., John Peter Lulinski and Melvin L. Klafter, Assts. U. S. Atty., all of Chicago, Ill., for appellants.
Abner F. Bond, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.
Before DUFFY, FINNEGAN and LINDLEY, Circuit Judges.
This is an appeal from an order entered by the district court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, discharging the relator, William H. Giese, from custody of the United States Army.
Relator enlisted in the United States Army about February 2, 1926, and was discharged February 1, 1929. He re-enlisted about March 12, 1930, for a period of three years, but deserted on July 2, 1930. Years later he was apprehended and was returned to military control in August, 1942, and pursuant to the Extension of Service Period Act of December 13, 1941, 55 Stat. 800, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, §§ 731-733, he was restored to duty on October 13, 1942, at Fort Sheridan for the duration of the war plus six months. On or about March 15, 1943, relator again deserted. About one year later, on March 16, 1944, he was inducted into the service of the United States Army. On June 29, 1946, he was given an honorable discharge in the usual form. After an investigation by the Criminal Investigation Division of the Army, relator was placed under arrest in February of 1949 for desertion from the Army in March, 1943.
A general court martial was convened at headquarters, Fifth Army, in Chicago, Illinois, and the relator was tried and convicted of desertion under the 58th Article of War, 10 U.S.C.A. § 1530, and was sentenced to be dishonorably discharged, to forfeit all pay and allowances, and to be confined at hard labor for three years.
Under established procedure the proceedings whereby relator was court martialed would be reviewed by the commanding general of the Fifth Army. Before he did so the relator filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Before that court held the hearing on the petition the Commanding General announced as the result of his review that the sentence of confinement was reduced to ten months and the "dishonorable discharge" mitigated to a "bad conduct discharge." Thereafter a hearing was had in the district court, which granted the writ and discharged the petitioner, the relator herein, from custody of the Army.
Although it is the law in this circuit that in granting or denying a writ of habeas corpus the judge or court should make findings of fact and state conclusions of law, Wood v. Howard, 7 Cir., 157 F.2d 807, 808; Tucker v. Howard, 7 Cir., 177 F.2d 494, 497, findings and conclusions were not entered herein. It is apparent, however, from the remarks of the judge at the hearing, that the basis of his action was that by issuing the honorable discharge to relator, he felt the Army had passed upon relator's entire military record.
Article of War 47, 10 U.S.C.A. § 1518, provides in part:
Article of War 50(e), 10 U.S.C.A. § 1521, provides in part:
Thus the district court assumed jurisdiction, granted the writ of habeas corpus, and discharged the relator before the record of the trial by court martial was acted upon by the reviewing authority and before the record was forwarded to the office of the Judge Advocate General for further appellate action.
Article of War 53, 10 U.S.C.A. § 1525, became effective February 1, 1949,1 and provides that any person convicted of an offense committed during the period of World War II has one year from the termination of the war, or within one year after final disposition of a case upon initial appellate review, whichever is later, to make his application.
Respondents point out that the provisions in the Manual for Courts Martial, prescribed by the President for the guidance of the Army, and the long established and consistent interpretation of Articles of War by the Army should have great weight with this court in deciding the issues before us, and cite the recent case of Hiatt v. Brown, 339 U.S. 103, 70 S.Ct. 495. The interpretation referred to is that an honorable discharge is a release from and terminates only a particular contract of enlistment; that an honorable discharge does not relieve a soldier from the consequences of a desertion committed during a prior enlistment. In the...
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