United States v. Richardson

Opinion of thé Court

GEORGE W. LatimeR, Judge:

Accused was tried by general court-martial 1 on two charges. Charge I alleged absence without leave from July 10, 1951, to July 16, 1951. Charge. II covered two specifications, the first alleging that on July 9, 1951, at Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, the accused took immoral and improper liberties with one Clarene Burch, a female under 16 years of age; and the second alleging the commission of a similar offense at Florence, Alabama, from July 10, 1951, to July 16, 1951.

The facts and circumstances which gave rise to this prosecution are as…