ROGERS v. UNITED STATES

No. 15647.

263 F.2d 283 (1959)

Jerry Keith ROGERS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Certiorari Denied April 20, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth A. MacDonald, Seattle, Wash., Hayden C. Covington, Brooklyn, N. Y., for appellant.

Charles P. Moriarty, U. S. Atty., Joseph C. McKinnon, Asst. U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for appellee.

Before FEE and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge.


Certiorari Denied April 20, 1959. See 79 S.Ct. 878.

SOLOMON, District Judge.

Appellant was convicted of violating the Selective Service Act by wilfully refusing to submit to induction in the armed forces of the United States as a noncombatant, Class I-AO. Appellant is a member of Jehovah's Witnesses. He claims he is conscientiously opposed to military service of any kind, including noncombatant service, and therefore should have been classified I-O.

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