United States v. Emery

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

Upon stipulated facts after- a jury had been waived the district court found the defendant guilty of violating the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, 50 U.S. C.A.Appendix, §§ 311 and 305(g), and sentenced him to six. months’ imprisonment. The particular charge was that the defendant had refused to continue performance of t-he civilian work of national importance to which he had been assigned as a conscientious objector. He had registered with his local draft board in Portland, Maine, as a conscientious objector, and, *455being classified as such, had been assigned by…