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GOODWIN v. ROWE

No. 28.

49 F.Supp. 703 (1943)

GOODWIN v. ROWE, United States Marshal.

District Court, N. D. West Virginia.

March 16, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horace S. Meldahl, of Charleston, W. Va., for petitioner.

Joe V. Gibson, U. S. Atty., of Kingwood, W. Va., and Ezra E. Hamstead, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Morgantown, W. Va., for respondent.

HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.

The petitioner, Matthew Goodwin, a member of "Jehovah Witnesses", was classified as a conscientious objector by his local draft board and ordered to report for work of national importance. He was arrested and subsequently indicted for failure to so report, and has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner alleges that he is a minister, and entitled to full exemption under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940...

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