UNITED STATES v. MOYLAN

Nos. 12988-12996.

417 F.2d 1002 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Mary MOYLAN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Philip BERRIGAN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Thomas LEWIS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. George J. MISCHE, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Thomas MELVILLE, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Marjorie MELVILLE, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John HOGAN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James DARST, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Daniel BERRIGAN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 15, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Kunstler, New York City, (Harold Buchman, Fred Weisgal, Baltimore, Md., Robert R. Drinan, William C. Cunningham, Harrop A. Freeman on brief), for appellants.

Barnet D. Skolnik, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Stephen H. Sachs, U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and SOBELOFF and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:

The defendants appeal their conviction in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland for violation of three federal statutes proscribing the mutilation of Government records, destruction of Government property and interference with the administration of the Selective Service System.1 The facts are uncontroverted. At 12:50 P.M. on May 17, 1968, the appellants entered the office of Local Board...

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