Stanley Magruder

Stanley Magruder was a conscientious objector from Missouri imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 30 years in prison, reduced to 1. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: did not register for draft; named on Judge Advocate office file card entitled CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR: "Held, Although the accused was treated as a conscientious objector for a period of months after his induction into the service, the government is not estopped from denying at …