Show r Pardons Hawaii General Cit Cited d for Contempt t of Court i w WASHINGTON ASH Jan 2 24 UP A A Austice Justice ustice department official said Monday that President Roosevelt h has s granted an unc unconditional pardon pardon pardon par par- don to Lieutenant General Robert RobertC C C. C Richardson Jr ir commanding general pt of the army's Hawaiian Hawaiian- department department- cited for contempt of ot court last year for tor refusing to comply with a writ of habeas corpus The Tho case case grew a conflict between civil and military authorities ties Ues in Hawaii over the question Whether the right of ot habeas corpus operates under partial partial martial martial law The writ issued by Federal Judge Delbert E. E Metzger in Honolulu Honolulu Honolulu Hono Hono- lulu called on General Richardson to present in court two prisoners of ot German ancestry held by the army anny c cJ J U UThe The question of or a pardon had been bee placed before President Roosevelt but his attitude has hm not been Indicated by the White House The department official who who declined declined to be quoted Directly said that Monday was the deadline for tor appealing from the contempt charge Some government officials officials' had argued d for for- foran an appeal from the civil courts court's action to to- provide a precedent on that phase of mill mili tary civilian n relations The dispute began when Judge Metzger imposed a fine tine on General Richardson who followed up with a military order since rescinded which forbade trials tr in Hawaii on writs of ot habeas corpus I and provided a fine for tor any judge who violated the order |