Bartchy v. United States

This case presents the question of the sufficiency of the evidence to support petitioner’s conviction under § 11 of the Selective Training and Service Act and the regulations made thereunder, 1 for a knowing failure to keep his local board 2 advised of the address where mail would reach petitioner, a registrant under the Act. A second count, on which petitioner was acquitted and which need not concern us further, charged a knowing failure to comply with an order to report for induction into the armed forces. Certiorari was granted because the conviction involved an interpretation of an…