Taffs v. United States

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Siegfried Ranulf Taffs was indicted and tried under Title 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 462, for failure to submit to induction into the armed forces of the United States. A jury was waived by stipulation of the parties. Upon trial to the court, Taffs was found guilty as charged and sentenced to imprisonment, whereupon he prosecuted this appeal.

Appellant, a member of the Jehovah Witnesses religious sect, claimed before his local draft board that he was entitled to a 1-0 selective service classification as a conscientious objector under Section 6(j), Universal…