STEELE v. UNITED STATES

No. 5137.

240 F.2d 142 (1956)

Stanley Oliver STEELE, Defendant, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Decided December 21, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayden C. Covington, Brooklyn, N. Y., with whom Clarence P. Kudisch and Arthur Jaffe, Boston, Mass., were on the brief, for appellant.

Thomas P. O'Connor, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom Anthony Julian, U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, Chief Judge, and WOODBURY and HARTIGAN, Circuit Judges.


WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was indicted by a grand jury in the court below for failure to report to his local draft board for assignment to civilian work contributing to the maintenance of the national health, safety or interest, in violation of § 12 (a) of the Selective Service Act of 1948, 62 Stat. 622, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 462 (a). He pleaded not guilty and waived his right to trial by jury. At the close of the evidence introduced at the...

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