Sunal v. Large

CHESNUT, District Judge.

The appellant in this habeas corpus case, Theodore Martin Sunal, a Jehovah’s Witness, was indicted, tried and convicted in the Western District of Pennsylvania under section 11 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, 54 Stat. 894; 50 U.S. C.A. Appendix, § 311, for refusing induction into the Armed Forces of the United States after reporting for induction under an order of his Local Board, and being found physically fit upon examination. At the trial of his case he offered to submit evidence which he contended would show that he was entitled to exemption from…