United States v. James Earl Thompson

HAMLIN, Circuit Judge:

James Earl Thompson, appellant herein, was charged in an indictment filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California with having refused to submit to induction into the armed forces of the United States, a violation of 50 U.S.C. App. § 462. Having waived a jury, he was tried to the court, was found guilty and sentenced to the custody of the Attorney General. He filed a timely appeal to this court.

Appellant makes four contentions. First, he contends that the draft law is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court of the United States in United…