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Excerpt from Opinion of Judge N. K. Hall, of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, on Habeas Corpus in the Case of Rev. Judson D. Benedict: And Documents and Statement of Facts Relating Thereto, With Notes and Additional Authorities
In the appendix, following the first opinion, will be found (besides other notes) a note containing extended quotations from many of the most accurate and reliable military and legal writers, and other distinguished persons. Who have discussed the subject of martial law and also a few s'ug gestions in regard to the term Martial Law, its true signification and force, and the exercise of arbitrary power, in England' and the United States. Under pretence of its authority.
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