Trial of Captain Thomas Atchison of the Royal Artillery, by a General Court Martial at Malta: In Consequence of Having Requested to be Exonerated from Firing Patteraro Salutes and Tolling a Roman Catholic Bell for the Church and Image Rites of Roman Catholic Priests : with an Appendix Describing Those Rites ... : with Official Documents on the Subject |
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... perform under any circumstances ; the service as specified in the orders being manifestly not a military service in any one sense ; this is now proved by the abandonment of this service , and the way in which it is at present conducted ...
... perform under any circumstances ; the service as specified in the orders being manifestly not a military service in any one sense ; this is now proved by the abandonment of this service , and the way in which it is at present conducted ...
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... performed was unlawful ? -A . I should hope , from knowing Capt . Atchison , that he was not actuated by any spirit of in- subordination . Q. What are the salutes mentioned in the charge usually called ? Here the Witness wishes to see ...
... performed was unlawful ? -A . I should hope , from knowing Capt . Atchison , that he was not actuated by any spirit of in- subordination . Q. What are the salutes mentioned in the charge usually called ? Here the Witness wishes to see ...
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... performed according to the orders of the 9th and 10th of August , mentioned in the charge ? -A . There was one of the inhabitants came to the Fort ; and , as well as I could understand him , he said he was sent by the priests of the ...
... performed according to the orders of the 9th and 10th of August , mentioned in the charge ? -A . There was one of the inhabitants came to the Fort ; and , as well as I could understand him , he said he was sent by the priests of the ...
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... performed by the artillery out of the usual routine , besides the firing of the salutes on the 9th and 10th of August ? -A . The Castle bell was tolled on the 10th . The flag was hoisted during the salutes . Q. What signal was to be ...
... performed by the artillery out of the usual routine , besides the firing of the salutes on the 9th and 10th of August ? -A . The Castle bell was tolled on the 10th . The flag was hoisted during the salutes . Q. What signal was to be ...
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... perform in it . Now , by his arraigning me only on the one duty mentioned in the order , and leaving out the others , and by his not arraigning me on the nature of the service set forth in the orders , does it not prove that the ...
... perform in it . Now , by his arraigning me only on the one duty mentioned in the order , and leaving out the others , and by his not arraigning me on the nature of the service set forth in the orders , does it not prove that the ...
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