United States v. Faxon David Clayton Bowen, Jr.

Bowen was convicted for having refused induction into the Military Service, a violation of the Selective Service Act. 50 U.S.C. App. § 462. His plea for reversal is based upon two contentions: (1) That the minutes of the local board do not specifically recite that the local board itself and the members thereof issued the order to report for induction. (2) That the local board should have reopened its classification in order to consider the registrant’s claim of conscientious objector status.

The appellant’s first contention is undermined by our recent opinion in United States v. Stark, 418…