you by accident or otherwise) you do not preside at any such Court assembled by your authority. To { Vice-Admiral and No. XL. Certificate to be given by the President of the Court to the officiating Judge-Advocate. This is to certify that Mr. Advocate at a court-martial at which I presided, assembled officiated as Judge Certificate to be given by the President of the Court to the Provost Marshal. This is to certify that officiated as Provost Marshal at a court-martial at which I presided, assembled on board Her Majesty's ship, at day of, 18-, for the trial of on the Majesty's ship, for disobedience of orders, on which trial the Court sat days; and that he had the said as a prisoner in his charge the days on which the Court sat. Given under my hand, &c. days, exclusive of INDEX. A. ABATEMENT, plea in, 121. ABSTRACT OF COURTS-MARTIAL, from 1829 to 1848, 210 ACCESSORIES, and principals in general, 106. how to be indicted, 107. before the fact, 116. after the fact, 118. ACCESSORY, acquittal as, no bar to an indictment as principal, 123. a competent witness, 53. ACQUITTAL, of one of several persons tried on the same charge, 66. before an incompetent court no bar to a subsequent trial, ACQUITTED, when the charges are proved, prisoner cannot be, 145. every man responsible for the consequence of his, 48. relating to the discipline of the navy, 4. printed by the Queen's printer, 51. ACT 22 Geo. 2. cap. 33., why the jurisdiction thereof should be extended, 88. of the court over one day illegal, 26. ADMIRALS, must have their flags flying at the port when the court- ADMIRALTY, jurisdiction of the, 87. may refuse to order a court-martial, 165. See also title, ADMISSIONS, written documents, signed by the prisoner, to be considered, AFFIDAVITS, should not be received in evidence, 72. AMERICA, NORTH, men employed on the lakes in, amenable to courts-martial, 95. ANSELL, FRANCIS, case of, 102. ARREST, persons released from may be tried at any subsequent commanding officers authorized to place offenders under, should not be unnecessarily severe, 163. crimes specified in the, 85. printed by the Queen's printer, evidence of such articles, 51. B. BENNETT, CAPTAIN, case of, 145. BUGGERY, punishment to be inflicted for, 142. C. CAPTAIN. See title, Courts-Martial. of the fleet, position to be occupied by, at courts-martial, CERTIFICATES, used by the prisoner in his defence, 73. CHARGE OR CHARGES, must be made in writing, 29. must be made within a certain period after the offence, &c., prisoner to be supplied with a copy of the, 30. to be read aloud by the judge-advocate, 31. CHARGE, OR CHARGES- continued. to specify some particular act or omission which constitutes in case of loss of ship, 169. names inserted in, to be written in full, ib. must be certain as to party injured, ib. dates mentioned in, to be written in words, 170. place and time, when material, to be stated in, &c., ib. when founded on written documents, 171. article of war violated need not be stated in the, 172. only one offence to be inserted in one, ib. where particular words are used in the articles of war in form of, 173. CIVILIANS, cannot be forced to attend as witnesses, 78. when summoned, to have their expenses tendered to them, COMMANDER. See title, Courts-Martial. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, when to preside at courts-martial in foreign parts, 8. may peruse the minutes of courts-martial, 158. may not pardon offenders sentenced by courts-martial, or may suspend the execution of the sentence, ib. may refuse to order a courts-martial, 165. See also title, Courts-Martial. COMMANDING OFFICER, not authorized to punish men for capital crimes, 125. COMMODORES, FIRST CLASS, position to be occupied by, at courts-martial, 23. Ap- CONFESSIONS, evidence of, how to be received, 43. cannot affect any but the party who made them, 45. made by party when drunk, ib. evidence of, should be cautiously received, ib. made to prisoner's legal adviser, 46. need not be made on oath, ib. See also title, Admissions. CONVICTION, former, plea on account of, 123. X |