United States v. Morse

Opinion of the Court

ROBERT E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

The accused stands convicted of twelve specifications which are laid under three separate Articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. He contends that at the trial a number of errors were committed to his substantial prejudice.

After his ice-cream vending machine had been broken into and the coins removed on two occasions, the operator reported the matter to the Criminal Investigation Division. Sergeant Wei-senberg was assigned to the case. The machine was checked for fingerprints but none of a suitable nature were found. To trap the thief…