Weaver v. United States

The defendant was indicted for refusal to be inducted into the armed forces of the United States, in violation of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 62 Stat. 611, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix §§ 451-470. He was tried before the District Court without a jury and convicted. From that conviction he appeals. His defense was that he was a Jehovah’s Witness and should not have been deprived of a 1-0 classification. The facts and the basis for the trial court’s finding of guilt are admirably stated in that court’s explanation of the general finding of guilt, as follows:

“The Court has considered…