UNITED STATES v. CORLISS

Nos. 151-153, Dockets 25706-25708.

280 F.2d 808 (1960)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Secor CORLISS, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fred August HEISE, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter HEROLD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided July 22, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayden C. Covington, Brooklyn, N. Y. (Herman Adlerstein, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellants.

Robert E. Scher, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City (S. Hazard Gillespie, Jr., U. S. Atty., and George I. Gordon, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, WATERMAN and FRIENDLY, Circuit Judges.


FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge.

These are appeals from judgments of the District Court for the Southern District of New York convicting appellants, who claim to be conscientious objectors, of refusing to submit to induction into the armed forces of the United States, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix § 462. Each appellant was sentenced for a year and a day. The facts are stated in Judge Murphy's reasoned opinion, 173 F.Supp. 677 (1959); we shall...

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