Legal Opinion
United States v. Corliss
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 19, 1959PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS F. MURPHY, District Judge.
Each of the above defendants, members of Jehovah’s Witnesses claiming to be conscientious objectors, was indicted for refusing to be inducted into the United States Army.1 Each waived a jury trial and was separately tried to the court.
*680Upon consideration of all the evidence we find Richard Secor Corliss, Walter Herold and Fred August Heise guilty as charged, and James Wilson Parmiter not guilty. As to the defendants found guilty we will discuss the facts in each case which support the Board’s determination and where applicable the claims advanced of denial of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Dickinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Witmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Gonzales v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. VincelliCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by12 opinions
- United States v. Richard Secor Corliss, United States of America v. Fred August Heise, United States of America v. Walter HeroldCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- United States v. David Arthur GeareyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Jeffrey Hale PurvisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- United States v. Robert Warren CarrollCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Craig Allen Keefer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
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