Richard Walter Burton v. United States

THOMPSON, District Judge:

Classified I-O by his local board of the Selective Service System, Appellant was ordered to report to the Los Angeles County Department of Charities, Los Angeles, California, for civilian work. He appeared at the designated place of employment but refused all work offered. Prosecution and conviction for violation of the Universal Military Training and Service Act followed.

Appellant is employed as an animal keeper by the Los Angeles County Zoo. Defense witnesses testified without contradiction to his skill in this employment and the public importance of the work.…