VAUGHN v. UNITED STATES

No. 19125.

404 F.2d 586 (1968)

William Creighton VAUGHN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 30, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Oberbillig, Waterloo, Iowa, for appellant.

Thomas F. Dowd, Asst. U. S. Atty., Omaha, Neb., for appellee; Theodore L. Richling, U. S. Atty., on the brief.

Before MATTHES, GIBSON and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was found guilty by a jury of wilfully and knowingly failing and neglecting to comply with an order of his local draft board (Omaha, Nebraska) to report for and submit to induction into the Armed Forces of the United States, in violation of 50 U.S.C. App. § 462. He has appealed from the judgment of conviction.

The basic question for decision is whether appellant's local draft board in Omaha, Nebraska, was justified...

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