United States v. Smith

Opinion of the Court

Robert E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

Charged with failing to obey a regulation of the Recruit Training Command which inter alia prohibits the solicitation or acceptance of loans from recruits, the accused entered a plea of not guilty. At the trial the prosecution established that the accused was a coach on the Baker Line at the weapon range. On the morning of August 17, 1956, Private R. P. Sexton, a recruit, was on that line for firing. He and the accused engaged in a conversation. According to Sexton, the accused “said he had to *584borrow some money and I said I could loan him ten…