United States v. John Thomas Maybury

Maybury was convicted for failure to report for a selective service physical examination. 50 U.S.C. App. § 462. He had apparently exhausted the patience of indulgent authorities after a long history of attempting to avoid his obligations under the Selective Service Act. We affirm.

Appellant was registered with Local Board No. 132 in San Bernardino, California. He was first ordered to report for a physical examination on July 20, 1967. After a postponement at his request, the examination was re-scheduled for September 7, 1967. Maybury failed to report because he “overslept due to illness.”

On November 8, 1967, he reported for a physical examination as ordered, but refused to be processed because he was not allowed to distribute literature.

Due to several changes of residence, his records were transferred among a number of draft boards. He apparently-failed to report for examination on September 17, 1968, in New York. There followed more transfers and postponements, all initiated by Maybury.

On March 21, 1969, Local Board No. 80 in Santa Barbara, California, ordered Maybury to report for examination on April 2, 1969. Maybury wrote to that board on March 27 and requested that his…