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CIVIL AUTHORITY TO ARREST MILITARY DESERTERS (PART 1)

NCJ Number
6767
Journal
MILITARY POLICE JOURNAL Volume: 21 Issue: 12 Dated: (AUGUST 1972) Pages: 21-24
Author(s)
C A DONELAN
Date Published
1972
Length
4 pages
Annotation
HISTORICAL PRECEDENTS FROM ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LAW WHICH DEFINED THE CRIME OF DESERTION AND GAVE CIVILIAN POLICE THE POWER TO APPREHEND FLEEING SERVICEMEN.