United States v. Wallace Delaney Mohammed

MERCER, District Judge.

Defendant was convicted at a trial without a jury of violation of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 451 et seq., by reason of his refusal to report for civilian work as ordered by his local selective service board. He now appeals the judgment of conviction, asserting several contentions of error which principally hang from the common thread of his contention that he is now a minister of his religious sect.

Defendant is a Muslim, a devotee of the Islamic Religion. He registered with the local board in November, 1952. In his selective…