ROWELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 15068.

223 F.2d 863 (1955)

A. D. ROWELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 21, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor V. Blackwell, Covington, La., for appellant.

Meredith T. Holt, Asst. U. S. Atty., T. Fitzhugh Wilson, U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., William R. Veal, Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for appellee.

Before HOLMES and BORAH, Circuit Judges, and DAWKINS, District Judge.


BORAH, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses, was convicted of refusing to submit to induction into the armed forces in violation of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 462. The questions raised upon this appeal are whether the denial by the designated agencies of appellant's claim for exemption as a conscientious objector and as a regular or duly ordained minister of religion was without...

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