United States v. Edward Lee Neill

LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant, indicted for and found guilty of refusing to perform civilian work as a conscientious objector, when ordered by his local board at Red Oak, Iowa, to report to a hospital in Evanston, Illinois, for such work, in violation of the Universal Military Training and Service Act (50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, §§ 451-470), appeals, asserting (1) that the United States District Court in Illinois lacked jurisdiction of the crime charged, in that the only proper venue was in Iowa, and (2) that the order of the local board directing him to report to the Evanston Hospital was…