DAVIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 25077.

400 F.2d 577 (1968)

Robert Wesley DAVIS, Appellant. v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

As Corrected October 16, 1968.

Rehearing Denied October 25, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Lilly, Jackson, Miss., for appellant.

Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., E. Donald Strange, Asst. U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., for appellee.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied October 25, 1968. See 402 F.2d 513.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant, a Jehovah's Witness, was classified by his local draft board in Class 1-O as a conscientious objector and ordered to report for rehabilitation work at the Mississippi State Hospital for a 24-consecutive-month period in lieu of induction.

He complied with the order and began working in the Mississippi State Hospital on August 1, 1966, but was...

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