United States v. Jackson

*510Opinion of the Court

FeRguson, Judge:

Socks, humblest item of our apparel, would not seem to offer themselves as a fruitful source of crime. True, they might be stolen and their taker duly convicted of the theft. But, in the main, socks seem confined to their traditional role of easing the foot’s contact with abrasive leather or, on the distaff side, adorning a graceful limb and eoquettishly drawing our male attention. In the armed services, however, uniforms are essential for purposes of recognition and discipline and perhaps, if the innermost recesses of our hearts are probed, also to satisfy…