Manual for Courts-martialU.S. Government Printing Office, 1951 |
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19 February absence accused Admiralty appointing order appropriate Article 139 Article 15 board of review Bureau of Investigation certificate charged civilian witnesses claim Coast Guard District Coast Guard personnel Coast Guard vessel Code collision Commandant CL commanding officer convening authority copy court of inquiry court or investigation court-martial jurisdiction cross-examination damage delivery designated determination disbursing officer district commander evidence exercising general court-martial fact-finding body February 19 Federal Bureau findings of fact Government incident injury or disease injury report inquiry or investigation investigative body investigative report investigatory body involved Judge Advocate LCDR line of duty Manual for Courts-Martial matter military misconduct and line oath officer exercising opinion party person procedure punishment record of proceedings record of trial regulations request result reviewing authority Section sentence special courts-martial statement subpoena Supervisory Authority testimony thereof Treasury U. S. Coast Guard UCMJ United United States Code USCG USCGC GALLATIN
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Page 1-19 - The office of attorney does not permit, much less does it demand of him for any client, violation of law or any manner of fraud or chicane. He must obey his own conscience and not that of his client.
Page 1-19 - In the judicial forum the client is entitled to the benefit of any and every remedy and defense that is authorized by the law of the land, and he may expect his lawyer to assert every such remedy or defense. But it is...
Page 1-18 - It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense of a person accused of crime, regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused; otherwise innocent persons, victims only of suspicious circumstances, might be denied proper defense.
Page 1-7 - Witnesses who attend at points so far removed from their respective residences as to prohibit return thereto from day to day shall be entitled to an additional allowance of $12 per day for expenses of subsistence, including the time necessarily occupied in going to and returning from the place of attendance.
Page 1-18 - Having undertaken such defense, the lawyer is bound, by all fair and honorable means, to present every defense that the law of the land permits, to the end that no person may be deprived of life or liberty, but by due process of law. The primary duty of a lawyer engaged in public prosecution is not to convict, but to see that justice is done.
Page 1-19 - A lawyer may properly interview any witness or prospective witness for the opposing side in any civil or criminal action without the consent of opposing counsel or party.
Page 1-5 - Government and who are not in custody and who attend at points so far removed from their respective residences as to prohibit return thereto from day to day shall be entitled to an additional allowance of $5 per day for expenses of subsistence...
Page 3-21 - No person subject to this chapter may compel any person to incriminate himself or to answer any question the answer to which may tend to incriminate him.
Page 5-10 - Whenever complaint is made to any commanding officer that damage has been done to the property of any person or that his property has been wrongfully taken...
Page 3-22 - No person in the armed forces shall be required to sign a statement of any nature relating to the origin, incurrence, or aggravation of any disease or injury he may have, and any such statement against his own interest signed at any time, shall be null and void and of no force and effect. CHAPTER II AID BY VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS SEC. 200. (a) That upon certification to the Secretary of War or Secretary of the Navy by the Administrator of Veterans...