Legal Opinion
Baxley v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1943No. 5057PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction and sentence on an indictment charging violation of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix § 301 et seq., by the failure of appellant to report to a local Draft Board for the purpose of being inducted into a work camp for conscientious objectors and by his failing to be inducted into such camp. Appellant is a member of the sect known as Jehovah’s Witnesses. On November 28, 1940, he returned the questionnaire sent him by his local Draft Board claiming exemption from both combatant and non-combatant military…
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