Legal Opinion
Goff v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 4, 1943No. 5080PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction and sentence under an indictment charging violation of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix § 301 et seq., in failing to report for induction pursuant to the order of a local Draft Board. Defendant is a member of the sect known as Jehovah’s Witnesses and claims exemption from the provisions of the act on the ground that he is a minister of religion. He filed a plea in abatement making this claim, to which the trial court sustained a demurrer, and, when the case came on for trial on the indictment, sought…
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