United States v. Thompson

Opinion of the Court

George W. Latimer, Judge:

The accused was found guilty by a general court-martial of five separate offenses. The only one of relevancy to this decision is his conviction of' unlawfully carrying a concealed weapon in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 USC § 728. We granted his petition for review to determine the sufficiency of the evidence to support the finding of guilt as to that offense.

On October 6, 1952, the accused was apprehended in the Greyhound Bus Depot, El Paso, Texas, by an official of the United States Immigration Service. *622This…