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Important Habeas corpus case. --A. J. Camp, of Amherst, Virginia, came before Judge Meredith's Court on Friday, the 19th instant, on a writ of habeas corpus, directed to General Eppa Hunton. The petitioner was represented by Mr. John M. Speed, of Lynchburg, and Messrs. Nance & Williams, of this city; the counsel for the Government, Colonel Thomas P. August, of the Conscript Bureau, and Mr. James Neeson. The petitioner based his claim for exemption on the fact of having been recently, and while in service, elected as a Justice of the Peace, and under the conscript law and the resolutions of the Legislature, entitled to a discharge. The only testimony offered was the certificate of his election by the County Court and the recommendation of the Governor for his exemption. The counsel for the Government made str exertions to deafest this claim, as it would set a precedent for other cases of a similar character. They claimed that after a man has once got into the service, th