MELVILLE v. STATE

No. 328, September Term, 1969.

10 Md. App. 118 (1970)

268 A.2d 497

THOMAS ROBERT MELVILLE, GEORGE JOSEPH MISCHE, JOHN JOSEPH HOGAN, REV. DANIEL BERRIGAN, MARJORIE LOIS MELVILLE, JAMES McGINNIS DARST, MARY ASSUMPTA MOYLAN, THOMAS PAHL LEWIS, AND REV. PHILIP FRANCIS BERRIGAN v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided August 5, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Buchman, with whom were Edward A. Tomlinson, H.A. Freeman, William N. Kunstler, and William C. Cunningham on the brief, for appellants.

Donald Needle, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Samuel A. Green, Jr., State's Attorney for Baltimore County, and L. Robert Evans and Stuart E. Hirsch, Assistant State's Attorneys for Baltimore County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ANDERSON, MORTON, ORTH, and THOMPSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM:

Appellants, nine Roman Catholic lay people and clergy opposed to the United States' military involvement in Vietnam, staged a protest on May 17, 1968 at Selective Service Local Board #33, 1010 Frederick Avenue, Catonsville, Maryland. Eight of the appellants entered the Board office at 12:45 p.m. and the ninth individual remained outside as a lookout. Appellant George Mische carried a wire basket with him into the office. Upon entering the room, Father...

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