MILLER v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 7279, 7280.

239 F.2d 148 (1956)

Carl Vane MILLER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Lewis Osborn PHILLIPS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Hahalyak, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellants.

Eugene N. Barkin, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Warren Olney, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Albert M. Morgan, U. S. Atty., Morgantown, W. Va., and Robert J. Schleuss, Asst. U. S. Atty., Fairmont, W. Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge, and THOMSEN, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

These are appeals from convictions and sentences in criminal cases in which appellants, after waiver of a jury trial, were convicted by the trial judge of violations of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 462(a), in refusing, as conscientious objectors, to report for work of national importance. The same questions are raised in both cases, which were argued together in this court. Appellants are members of the sect...

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