United States v. Fox

Opinion of the Court

GEORGE W. LatimeR, Judge:

The accused was tried in Yokohama, Japan, upon charges alleging' that he, acting in conjunction with Private Robert F. Jacquet, committed unpremeditated murder upon a Japanese national, one Takamitsu Yura, by shooting him with a carbine. The court-martial found him not guilty of unpremeditated murder but guilty of involuntary manslaughter based on a homicide committed while attempting to perpetrate a battery upon the victim. He was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for three years. The convening…