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CHECINSKI v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 9238-9240.

129 F.2d 461 (1942)

CHECINSKI v. UNITED STATES. BOUWKAMP v. SAME. GALBREATH v. SAME.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

June 29, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving H. Smith, of Grand Rapids, Mich. (Irving H. Smith, of Grand Rapids, Mich., and U. S. A. Heggblom, of Detroit, Mich., on the brief), for appellants.

Joseph F. Deeb, of Grand Rapids, Mich., for appellee.

Before SIMONS, HAMILTON, and MARTIN, Circuit Judges.

SIMONS, Circuit Judge.

The three appeals involve substantially identical issues and were argued together. Each of the appellants is a Jehovah's Witness and each was indicted, tried, and sentenced for failure to appear for induction under the provisions of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, Title 50 U. S.C.A. § 301 et seq. The trials were to the court upon waiver of a jury.

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