Rowland

On October 15, 1952, appellant, Robert Donald Rowland, was indicted for violating § 12(a) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, § 462(a). The indictment alleged:

“[Appellant], a male person within the class made subject to selective service under the Selective Service Act of 1948, registered as required by said act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and thereafter became a registrant of Local Board No. 113, said board being then and there duly created and acting, under the Selective Service System established by said act, in Los An-geles County, in the Central Division of the Southern District of California; pursuant to said act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, [appellant] was classified in Class I-A-0 and was notified of said classification and a notice and order by said board was duly given to him to report for induction into the armed forces of the United States of America on July 28, 1952, in Los An-geles County, California; and at said time and place [appellant] did knowingly fail and neglect to perform a duty required of him under said act and the regulations promulgated thereunder in that he then and there knowingly…