UNITED STATES v. PETERSON

No. 28040-S.

53 F.Supp. 760 (1944)

UNITED STATES v. PETERSON.

District Court, N. D. California, S. D.

January 28, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Hennessy, U. S. Atty., and Joseph Karesh, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

Clarence E. Rust, of Oakland, Cal., for defendant.


ST. SURE, District Judge.

Defendant, a Jehovah's Witness, is charged with failure to report for induction under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 301 et seq. The case was tried to the court without a jury. At the close of the trial defendant moved to dismiss the indictment on the ground that the evidence is insufficient to support the charge.

After notification of his I-A classification by Local Board No. 54 at Martinez...

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