United States v. Jones

TIMMERMAN, Chief Judge.

The defendant, charged with violation of Section 462, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, in having wilfully refused to be inducted into the military service of the United States pursuant to the order of his local Selective Service board, waived trial by jury and consented to trial by the Court without the aid of a jury. The case was tried before me on June 8th. Motions by the defendant for a judgment of acquittal, made at the conclusion of the Government’s case-in-chief and again at the conclusion of all the evidence, were denied.

After careful consideration of the defendant’s…