United States v. Dison

Opinion of the Court

GEORGE W. LatimeR, Judge:

This case involves one specification of larceny, for which the accused was tried and convicted by a general court-martial. We accepted a petition for review after appellate authorities had affirmed. The accused was the noncommis-sioned officer in charge of the communication center and Western Union office at Fort Benning, Georgia. Commencing with the evening of February 28, 1957, and proceeding through the fol*618lowing day, the accused was on a drinking spree. Being off the post on March 1, 1957, and well under the influence of intoxicating liquor, he…