Legal Opinion
Donald Jackson De Moss v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 19, 1955No. 15112PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLET, Circuit Judge.
Defendant was indicted, tried and convicted on a charge of refusing to submit to induction into the armed forces of the United States. He contends that he was a minister of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The local draft board denied his claims as .a minister but classified him as a conscientious objector. On appeal, the appeal board denied both and classified him I-A, eligible for military service. The draft board ordered his induction. He refused to be inducted. His indictment followed. TJie ease was tried to the court without a jury. ■
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