The Practice of Naval Summary Courts-martial

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Page 15 - You, ,do swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that the evidence you shall give in the case now depending between the United States and shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help you God.
Page 11 - I, AB do swear (or affirm) that I will truly try, without prejudice or partiality, the case now depending, according to the evidence which shall come before the court, the rules for the government of the navy, and my own conscience...
Page 26 - ... sentence of the court. And it shall be his duty either to remit any part or the whole of any sentence, the execution of which would, in the opinion of the surgeon or senior medical officer on board, given in writing, produce serious injury to the health of the person sentenced, or to submit the case again, without delay, to the same or to another summary court-martial, which shall have power, upon the testimony already taken, to remit the former punishment and to assign some other of the authorized...
Page 27 - The commanders of vessels and naval activities to which chaplains are attached shall cause divine service to be performed on Sunday, whenever the weather and other circumstances allow it to be done; and it Is earnestly recommended to all officers, seamen, and others in the naval service diligently to attend at every performance of the worship of Almighty God.
Page 26 - Solitary confinement in irons, single or double, on bread and water, or diminished rations, provided no such confinement shall exceed thirty days.
Page 27 - That the term of enlistment of any enlisted man in the Navy may, by his voluntary written agreement, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy with the approval of the President, be extended for a period of either one, two.
Page 15 - The examination of witnesses is invariably in the presence of the court ; because, the countenance, looks, and gestures of a witness add to, or take away from, the weight of his testimony.
Page 25 - After which, the recorder of the court shall take the following oath or affirmation, which the senior member of the court shall administer : — " You, AB, do solemnly swear, or affirm, that you will keep a true record of the evidence which may be given before this court, and of the proceedings thereof. So help you God.
Page 26 - ... [The officer ordering a summary court-martial shall have power to remit, in part or altogether, but not to commute, the sentence of the court. And it shall be his duty either to remit any part or the whole of any sentence, the execution of which would, in the opinion of the surgeon or senior medical officer on board, given in writing, produce serious injury to the health of the person sentenced; or to submit the...
Page 27 - ... shall be conducted with as much conciseness and precision as may be consistent with the ends of justice and under such forms and rules, as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, with the approval of the President, and all such proceedings shall be transmitted in the usual mode to the Navy Department...

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