United States v. Walter

Opinion of the Court

HOMER FERGUSON, Judge:

A general court-martial convicted the accused of larceny of Military Payment Certificates (five specifications of the Charge), in violation of Article 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 921. He was sentenced to be dishonorably discharged from the service, to forfeit all pay and allowances and to be confined at hard labor for one year. The convening authority approved only so much of the findings of guilty of specifications 1, 2 and 3 of the Charge as found accused guilty of stealing Military Payment Certificates or Japanese national…