ROWTON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 12533, 12534, 12565.

229 F.2d 421 (1956)

Paul Edward ROWTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Charles Freelan WHEELER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Reuben Jones STEPP, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

January 10, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by, Hayden C. Covington, Brooklyn, N. Y., Victor F. Schmidt, Columbus, Ohio, on brief, for appellants.

Argued by, William B. Jones, Louisville, Ky., J. Leonard Walker, Louisville, Ky., on brief, for appellee.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and ALLEN and MARTIN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

These cases consolidated for hearing on appeal, were tried separately in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Each of the cases was tried to the court without the intervention of a jury and resulted in a verdict of guilty and a sentence of imprisonment for three years for violation of the universal Military Training and Service Act of 1948, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 462. The first two cases were tried by District Judge...

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