Gaston v. United States

ARNOLD, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal to review a judgment of the Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, 34 A.2d 353, affirming the conviction of the appellant for unlawfully wearing the duly prescribed uniform of a captain in the United States Army. We took this appeal because the case appeared to be one of unusual hardship. Appellant was given a jail sentence for an offense which he committed, so far as the record shows, without intent to violate the law and without knowledge of the illegality of his act. It may well be that he was unreasonable in his belief that he…