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UNITED STATES v. RANSOM

No. 11328.

223 F.2d 15 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America v. Wilbur LeRoy RANSOM.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

June 16, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl M. Milgrom, Chicago, Ill., Hayden C. Covington, Brooklyn, N. Y., for appellant.

Robert Tieken, U. S. Atty., William T. Hart, John Peter Lulinski, Asst. U. S. Attys., Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for appellee.

Before DUFFY, Chief Judge, and LINDLEY and SWAIM, Circuit Judges.

SWAIM, Circuit Judge.

The defendant was indicted for violating the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C.A. §§ 451-473, by refusing to perform civilian work prescribed by the Act for conscientious objectors. He was convicted in the lower court and sentenced to two years imprisonment.

The defendant was classified IV-E (conscientious objector) in 1951. This classification then required neither military nor civilian service. In 1952...

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