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WITMER v. UNITED STATES.

No. 164.

348 U.S. 375 (1955)

75 S.Ct. 392

99 L.Ed. 428

WITMER v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 14, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayden C. Covington argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

J. F. Bishop argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Sobeloff, Assistant Attorney General Olney, John F. Davis and Beatrice Rosenberg.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner, a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses, stands convicted of failing to submit to induction into the armed forces in violation of § 12 (a) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 62 Stat. 622, 50 U. S. C. App. § 462 (a). On trial, he centered his defense on the contention that he was wrongfully denied exemption as a conscientious objector. This Term, we have been asked to review a...

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