United States v. Wysong

Opinion of the Court

HomeR FERGUSON, Judge:

An official investigation was begun in July 1956 at Camp Schimmelpfen-ning, Honshu, Japan, to inquire into alleged incidents of sexual misconduct and immorality involving the accused’s wife and minor stepdaughter and several members of his company. The accused had been away at the time these incidents occurred. The company commander became aware of the efforts on the part of the accused to impede the progress of this investigation by interrogating and threatening persons called to appear as witnesses. He counseled the accused to desist and refrain…