Complex sentence: MacLean contends his pay records were missing immediately before the court-martial and he plead guilty to 12 specifications of violating UCMJ article 123a by writing bad checks with the intent to defraud.
Split into simpler sentences: MacLean contends his pay records were missing immediately before the court-martial. He plead guilty to 12 specifications of violating UCMJ article 123a by writing bad checks with the intent to defraud.