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Judge Halyburton, of the C. S. Circuit Court, has been engaged two days in hearing a cause which will prove of interest to all who have put substitutes in the field. Mr. Robertson, it seems, employed John Murphy, a non-conscript, and had him regularly received and mustered in as a substitute.--Some time after said Murphy was claimed as a deserter from some regiment, and taken possession of by the officers of that regiment, he denying that be was a deserter.--Twelve months after Robinson was conscripted because his substitute had been thus claimed, though no proof was shown that Murphy was a deserter. Robinson thereupon sued out a writ of habeas corpus, and Judge Halyburton is to decide whether R. is liable to service under the circumstances above stated. His opinion is looked to with great interest.
The Daily Dispatch: November 26, 1863. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. November 26, 1863. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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