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Conrad v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided February 1, 1897No. 18572PublishedCited by 5 opinions

The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts in the case as found by the court: I. The plaintiff, Gasper H. Conrad, jr., was on and prior to the 1st day of September, in the year 1893, a cadet of the first ■ class in the Military Academy of the United States. II.

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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts in the case as found by the court: I. The plaintiff, Gasper H. Conrad, jr., was on and prior to the 1st day of September, in the year 1893, a cadet of the first ■ class in the Military Academy of the United States. II. September 1, 1893, he was arraigned and tried before a general court-martial convened at West Point, N. Y. The charge, specifications, pleas, findings, and sentence, with the action of the President thereon, are as follows: “ Charge. — Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline. “Specification…

1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.

Plaintiff, a West Point cadet, was tried by court-martial, found guilty, and sentenced “ to be dismissed the service of the United States.” The proceedings in due course reached the President, who decided as follows:

“Executive Mansion, September 26,1893.
“The record and findings of the court-martial in the case of Casper H. Conrad, jr., are approved, but the sentence and judgment thereupon is modified and commuted to suspension until the 28th of August, 1884.
“Grover Cleveland.”

Plaintiff applied for pay during this period of suspension, and the Judge-Advocate-General of the Army decided that he…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Ltc. John F. Mitchell v. The United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1991
  3. White v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1931
  4. Augustin S. James v. Louis Caldera, Secretary of the Army and Philip J. SchrockCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1999
  5. Augustin S. James v. Louis Caldera, Secretary of the Army and Philip J. SchrockCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1999

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