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absence without leave active service adjourn admissible appointed Army Discipline arrest assembled awarded Civil Court commission commissioned officer conduct pay confession confirming authority confirming officer convening officer convening the Court corporal punishment corps Court of Inquiry court-martial Courts Martial crime cross-examination custody death defence Deputy J. A. Discipline and Regulation document drunkenness duly duty evidence felony Field G. C. M. finding and sentence H. M. service hard labour India inflicted Judge Advocate Majesty's Martial Law ment Military Law mutiny necessary non-commissioned officer oath officer commanding officer or soldier Officiating J. A. opinion Parliament penal servitude person subject President prisoner's proceedings prosecution prosecutor prove Provost Marshal Punishment-cashiering or imprisonment Punishment-imprisonment question rank record regiment regular forces Regulation Act Royal Marines solemn declaration subject to Military summoned superior officer sworn trial tried by C. M. troops United Kingdom unless vote Warrant Officer wilfully witness
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Page 3 - And whereas no man can be forejudged of life or limb, or subjected in time of peace to any kind of punishment within this realm, by martial law, or in any other manner than by the judgment of his peers and according to the known and established laws of this realm...
Page 149 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is against law.
Page 149 - ... including those to be employed at the depots in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the training of recruits for service at home and abroad, but exclusive of the numbers actually serving within Her Majesty's Indian possessions...
Page 167 - ... disclose or discover the vote or opinion of any particular member of the court-martial, unless required to give evidence thereof, as a witness, by a court of justice, in a due course of law. So help you God.
Page 150 - ... according to the known and established laws of this realm ; yet nevertheless it being requisite, for the retaining all the before-mentioned forces, and other persons subject to military law, in their duty, that an exact discipline be observed, and that persons belonging to the said forces who mutiny or stir up sedition, or desert...
Page 156 - Orders made in pursuance of this Section shall be laid before Parliament within Three Weeks after they are made, if Parliament be then sitting, and if Parliament be not then sitting, within Three Weeks after the Beginning of the then next Session of Parliament.
Page 109 - Perjury, by the common law, seemeth to be a wilful false oath, by one who being lawfully required to depose the truth in any proceeding in a court of justice, swears absolutely in a matter of some consequence to the point in question, whether he be believed or not.
Page 150 - And whereas no Man can be forejudged of Life or Limb, or subjected in Time of Peace to any Kind of Punishment within this Realm, by Martial Law, or in any other Manner than by the Judgment of his Peers, and according to the known and established Laws of this Realm...
Page 150 - Majesty's fleet and naval service, under the direction of the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom...
Page 165 - States, and if any doubt should arise, not explained by said articles, then according to your conscience, the best of your understanding, and the custom of war in like cases; and you do further swear that you will not divulge the sentence of the court until it shall be published by the proper authority...