UNITED STATES v. CROCKER

No. 3-69-Crim-87.

308 F.Supp. 998 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. John Philip CROCKER, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Third Division.

February 11, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Renner, U. S. Atty., and Thorwald H. Anderson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiff.

Kenneth E. Tilsen, St. Paul, Minn., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

DEVITT, Chief Judge.

In this jury-waived criminal case charging the defendant with violation of the Selective Service Law, the issue as framed by the indictment and a not-guilty plea is whether the defendant's refusal to register for the draft for reasons of conscience is protected by the First Amendment.

The defendant, a 19-year-old birthright Quaker, and an Associate Member of the Society of Friends, is charged with knowingly...

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