Doyle Julian Jones v. United States

This is an appeal from a conviction and sentence for refusal to report for induction under the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, § 451 et seq. Appellant is a member of the sect known as Jehovah’s Witnesses. He duly registered with the local selective service board in August 1949, making no claim at that time that he was a conscientious objector or minister, and was classed III-A (married). After a change in the applicable Selective Service regulation, he was reelassi-fied I-A and was ordered to report for physical examination, when for the first time he…