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Sapremé Court’ sSpyTria Ruling Will Be Precedent For All Espionage Cases| Prisoners Can ‘Be Sent Back to Military Tribunal, —t ASHINGTON, July 28—The ' Sybreme Court will meet tomor- jn an unprecedented special ‘gesslon to determine whether seven of the eight Nazi saboteurs have any legal avenue of escape from trial and sentence by the military commission which has authority to order them executed. Whatever decision the Court makes will be a preecdent that will undoubtedly guide the course of any future spy cases there may be. . There are two principal ques- tions before the*Highest Court. First, has {t jurisdiction to re ceive petitions for writs of ha- beas corpus from the German prisoners? Second, if it does re- ceive these petitions, what will it do? - Hearing Could Free Spies. | Refusal to consider the peti- | tlong would result In remanding the grisonera to the seven-general mili have faced for 16 days. Granting SM no ee the plea would afford the Court Turned Over to Civil Court, or a Even Set Free. [eo a on See editorial,“Are These Coals of Fire for the Nazi Saboteurs?" By LEWIS WOOD. a Philadelphia Record-New York Times Service a chance to review the direct chal- lenge to President Roosevelt's authority in denying the prigpn- ers accesa to the cfvil tribun Such a review might en the justices supporting the Ex- ecutive, might terminate in, throwing the case back to the! civii courts, or might even close by freeing the prisoners, Despite intense public interest in the case, none seemed willing! to forecast the outcome, One law- yer of high repute believed it mandatory upon the court to al- low the motions of the defense, counsel to be filed regardless éf: what the Justices did afterwards. Ctheare arcuead that the Ge.’ VWIEiS areca ial wt wom preme Court lacks original puris-' diction to receive such pleas, which are almost invariably di. rected to lower courts. a Stone May Not Sit. a . There Was considerable specyla- - : tion whether Chief Justice Fiske Stone and Associate Jus- commission whieh they /tice Frank Murphy will alt if on} fee | ee meee SVOULILTE OG PRIRFADELPASLA RECORD me a4, heeds oT yo