United States v. Flakowicz

These separate appeals were heard together and may- be disposed of likewise upon the single issue they present. They are all cases of members of the religious order of Jehovah’s Witnesses who sought exemption from selective service as regular and duly ordained ministers under 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 305(d), and who were classified for service by their respective draft boards against their objections and appeals. Thereafter they all failed to report for induction, and were prosecuted and convicted for such failure. At their respective trials, they each took steps appropriate for the purpose to…