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In our desire to collect facts under this important head, we have obtained from our West-Indian Correspondence the following notice. It will be understood to relate to the Colonial Militia of Jamaica, and certainly to a point purely local, worthy of the observation in the sentence.But what is most worthy of remark is, that the practice seems to assimilate itself to that of our Naval Courts’ Martial, in delivery of the sentence at once, without waiting for confirmation of any kind, (unless the Colonel was of the Court,) a practice which we yet hope to see become universal.A Regimental Court-Martial was lately held in Spanish-Town, on Mr. Edward Lewin, a private of file St. Catherine’s Regiment, on charges exibited against him by Sergeant Wager, a black man of the same Regiment, for refusing to attend the drill, under his (Wager’s) command. A number of witnesses were examined on both sides, which occupied some time.—The trial being concluded, the Court was cleared, and after a long deliberation, on the doors being re-opened, the President addressed the prisoner as follows:—“The Court, having taken into their considerationthe evidence, which has been brought forward by the prosecutor, in support of the charges preferred againstyou, as well as that adduced by you in your defence, have found you guilty; and, as obedience is the first duty of a soldier, are of opinion that your offence calls for severe reprehension, and you are hereby reprimanded accordingly.“ This Court cannot close its proceedings, without expressing its opinion, that the arrangement, whereby the white recruits are subjected to the copimand of non-commissioned Officers of colour, inexpedient, and tends to subvert the discipline of the service.” ?
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Military Register
London, Middlesex, GB
Sun, Oct 22, 1820
Page 13
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