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The Daily Dispatch: January 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], Appointment of Attorney General . (search)
Important Decision.
--We alluded some weeks since to the application of William T. Brooking for a discharge from the service on a writ of habeas corpus.
The petitioner volunteered in 1861, and served regularly in the army, was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, in July, 1863.--While in the service he was elected as a Justice of the Peace in the county of Orange, and regularly qualified as such.
On this qualification he applied for a discharge from the service.
This was refused him. He then applied for a writ of habeas corpusbefore Judge Meredith, of this city.
It was agreed by the counsel of Brooking, (John H. Gilmer, Esq.,) and the counsel for the Confederate States Government,(Messrs. T. Neeson and T. P. August,) that the merits of the case should be considered and decided on an argument for the application.
The argument on the application was then heard fully on all the legal points, and the learned Judge awarded the writ, and yesterday, in Court, discharged Brookin