UNITED STATES v. PETIACH

No. 14992.

357 F.2d 171 (1966)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James PETIACH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

February 17, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Garnett, Tampa, Fla., for appellant.

Alfred W. Moellering, U. S. Atty., Joseph F. Eichhorn, Asst. U. S. Atty., Fort Wayne, Ind., Frank J. Violanti, Asst. U. S. Atty., Hammond, Ind., for appellee.

Before HASTINGS, Chief Judge, and DUFFY and CASTLE, Circuit Judges.


DUFFY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant is a Jehovah's Witness: He appeals from a conviction, after a trial before the District Court, for failure to report for civilian work in lieu of induction under the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C., App. §§ 451 et seq.

Defendant was baptized in 1951 at the age of fourteen. He claims that at that time he became an "ordained minister" in the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of the Jehovah's...

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