Index and Legislative History, Uniform Code of Military JusticeU.S. Government Printing Office, 1950 - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry |
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accused Admiral RUSSELL Air Force amendment American Bar Association ANDERSON appeal appointed approved armed forces armed services Army Articles of War bad-conduct discharge board of review BROOKS Captain WOODS Chairman charges civilian Coast Guard Colonel DINSMORE Colonel MAAS Colonel WIENER commanding officer committed committee confinement Congress convening authority convicted corps court-martial may direct defense counsel DEGRAFFENRIED Department disciplinary dismissal duty Elston bill GAVIN guilty Judge Advocate General's Judicial Council LARKIN law member law officer lawyers lesser included offense limitations military justice military law naval Navy NORBLAD offense Overton Brooks peremptory challenge person subject personnel PHILBIN present President Professor MORGAN proposed A. G. N. prosecution provision punishment question record refer Reserve RITER RIVERS Secretary sentence special court martial special court-martial staff judge advocate statute statute of limitations Subdivision thing tion trial counsel uniform code United witnesses words
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Page 71 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America ; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever ; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the Rules and Articles of War.
Page 578 - ... offenses not capital, of which persons subject to military law may be guilty, shall be taken cognizance of by a general or special or summary court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and punished at the discretion of such court.
Page 70 - After which the president of the court shall administer to the recorder the following oath: "You, AB, do swear that you will, according to your best abilities, accurately and impartially record the proceedings of the court and the evidence to be given in the case in hearing : so help you God.
Page 982 - No person subject to this chapter may interrogate, or request any statement from an accused or a person suspected of an offense, without first informing him of the nature of the accusation and advising him that he does not have to make any statement regarding the offense of which...
Page 578 - Who, being authorized to make or deliver any paper certifying the receipt of any property of the United States furnished or intended for the military service thereof, makes or delivers to any person such writing, without having full knowledge of the truth of the statements therein contained and with intent to defraud the United States; or Who steals, embezzles, knowingly and.
Page 69 - Shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine or imprisonment, or by such other punishment as a court-martial may adjudge, or by any or all of said penalties.
Page 52 - An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States " (volume 35, United States Statutes at Large, page 1088), or any amendment thereof, shall be punished as therein provided.
Page 583 - ... the Articles of War, and the Articles for the Government of the Navy.
Page 580 - ... and shall have, for the purpose of such investigation, power to summon witnesses and examine them upon oath or affirmation, to receive depositions or other documentary evidence, and to assess the damages sustained against the responsible parties. The assessment of damages made by such board shall be subject to the approval of the commanding officer, and in the amount approved by him shall be stopped against the pay of the offenders.
Page 57 - Depositions may be taken before and authenticated by any military or civil officer authorized by the laws of the United States or by the laws of the place where the deposition is taken to administer oaths.