United States v. Ellman

Opinion of the Court

GeoRGE W. LatimeR, Judge:

This ease reaches us through certification of The Judge Advocate General of the Army to determine whether a cadet may be punitively discharged by means other than a dismissal from the service. The accused, a member of the United States Corps of Cadets, was tried by a general court-martial at West Point, New York, on charges of wrongful appropriation and absence without leave. The accused pleaded and was found guilty of the offenses charged. After receiving evidence in mitigation the court went into closed session but shortly thereafter reopened, at…