UNITED STATES v. PALMER

No. 11449.

223 F.2d 893 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America v. T. Vail PALMER, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Reargued June 6, 1955.

Decided June 20, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harrop A. Freeman, Ithaca, N. Y., for appellant.

Frank K. Tarbox, Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa. (W. Wilson White, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, MARIS, GOODRICH, McLAUGHLIN, KALODNER, STALEY and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

T. Vail Palmer, Jr. was convicted in the district court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for refusing to appear for induction into the armed forces pursuant to the order of a local selective service board. The district court denied his motion for judgment of acquittal, 122 F.Supp. 938, and he has appealed.

Palmer, a member of the Religious Society of Friends, was convicted in the district...

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