United States v. Virzera

HINCKS, District Judge.

The two appellants here were each tried separately and convicted of violations of the Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix § 311. Each appealed and the appeals were consolidated. The trial records in the two cases were substantially the same, as are also the assignments of error.

The indictments charged that each appellant had knowingly made false statements as to his “liability or nonliability * * * for service under the provisions” of the Act, in that each had falsely stated that he was a citizen not of the United States but of Italy. It was stipulated or…