Fletcher v. United States

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

The only question for decision in this case is whether an accused, in a criminal prosecution for knowingly failing to report for induction into the armed forces in violation of Section 11 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, 1 may introduce evidence to show that the local draft board did not accord him a fair hearing on the question of his classification under the Act.

The question arises in this way: Dennis Horton Fletcher, a registrant under the Act, claimed deferment from military service in his questionnaire and in person before the local board, on the…