UNITED STATES v. WILSON

Crim. A. No. 14187.

132 F.Supp. 485 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America v. Joe David WILSON.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Shreveport Division.

July 18, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Fitzhugh Wilson, U. S. Atty., and Q. L. Stewart, Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for the Government.

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


DAWKINS, Chief Judge.

Prosecution proceeds here upon an indictment charging defendant with violation of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 462, in that, having theretofore registered, he knowingly, willfully and unlawfully refused to submit to induction into the Armed Forces of the United States, on May 3, 1954. He claims to be a conscientious objector.

Tried to the Court, a jury trial having been formally waived,...

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