Berwin Houston Thompson v. United States

WESLEY E. BROWN, District Judge.

Appellant, Thompson, was convicted in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma of refusal to submit to induction into the armed forces, in violation of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 462. He waived a jury, was found guilty and sentenced by the court to five years imprisonment.

Thompson first registered with his local board in California March 21, 1963. In his classification questionnaire, he indicated that he was a full-time student at Oklahoma City University, but made no claim to conscientious…