Curtis A. Jessen v. United States

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

After remand in Jessen v. United States, 10 Cir., 212 F.2d 897, the appellant was given a 1-0 or conscientious objector classification by his local draft board, and was ordered to perform civilian work at the Denver General Hospital. He was indicted, tried and convicted for wilfully refusing to perform such work in violation of Section 462(a), Title 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix.

On appeal, the appellant attacks the validity of the order on the grounds that the Board issuing it was not lawfully constituted and therefore without jurisdiction, (1) because the territorial limits of…