WEAVER v. UNITED STATES

No. 14905.

210 F.2d 815 (1954)

WEAVER v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

February 19, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayden C. Covington, Brooklyn, N. Y., for appellant.

Joseph L. Flynn, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Joseph, Mo. (Edward L. Scheufler, U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, and THOMAS and COLLET, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant was indicted for refusal to be inducted into the armed forces of the United States, in violation of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 62 Stat. 611, 50 U.S. C.A.Appendix §§ 451-470. He was tried before the District Court without a jury and convicted. From that conviction he appeals. His defense was that he was a Jehovah's Witness and should not have been deprived of a I-O classification. The facts and the basis for...

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