United States v. Arrington

Opinion of the Court

A Navy general court-martial found the accused guilty, inter alia, under two specifications alleging larceny, in *558violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 121, 50 USC § 715. Both specifications have to do with offenses alleged to have been committed on the same date. The first charged a theft from Building 623 at Pensacola Naval Air Station of eight hams belonging to the United States Government and valued at $59.16, and the second, the purloining from Building 624 of a case of salad oil worth $9.60.

The court’s sentence consisted of a bad-conduct…