United States v. Hewson

Opinion of the Court

Ferguson, Judge:

Private Harold S. Hewson was tried February 28, 1962, before a general court-martial convened by the Commanding General, U. S. Army, Alaska, upon charges of escape from confinement, communication of a threat, and breach of the peace, in violation, respectively, of Uniform Code of Military Justice, Articles 95, 134, and 116, 10 USC §§ 895, 934, 916. He pleaded guilty, and the court returned findings to the same effect. It sentenced him to bad-conduct discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement at hard labor for one year. The convening…