United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, Volume 110, Page 1H. Colburn, 1866 - Military art and science |
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... effect that " ship " shall include any vessel , hoy , barge , boat or other craft , or a raft . His coun- sel would prove a flaw in the indictment by a technical objection , as the Attorney - General did in the coroner's inquest on the ...
... effect that " ship " shall include any vessel , hoy , barge , boat or other craft , or a raft . His coun- sel would prove a flaw in the indictment by a technical objection , as the Attorney - General did in the coroner's inquest on the ...
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... effect that , the word " ship " in the Naval Discipline Act , shall include any boat , barge , craft , or other vessel . " " 30. Every person , subject to this Act , who shall unlawfully set fire to any dockyard , victualling - yard ...
... effect that , the word " ship " in the Naval Discipline Act , shall include any boat , barge , craft , or other vessel . " " 30. Every person , subject to this Act , who shall unlawfully set fire to any dockyard , victualling - yard ...
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... effect of this sally ; the latter ordering the boatman's mate to give him two dozen more , which failing to move his stoicism , he was at length liberated . Fifteen hundred lashes * in the Army , or 500 in the Navy in the Old Wars , did ...
... effect of this sally ; the latter ordering the boatman's mate to give him two dozen more , which failing to move his stoicism , he was at length liberated . Fifteen hundred lashes * in the Army , or 500 in the Navy in the Old Wars , did ...
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this total was exorbitant . When we see , however , the effect which this holding back on the part of the French government had in reducing the amount asked for by the Powers , we can hardly wonder that it should continue to do so in ...
this total was exorbitant . When we see , however , the effect which this holding back on the part of the French government had in reducing the amount asked for by the Powers , we can hardly wonder that it should continue to do so in ...
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... effect in going shorthanded . Merchants vessels are shamefully inadequately manned . I once came to England in a brig which could only afford two hands to each watch . The man at the helm was frequently obliged to leave his post to let ...
... effect in going shorthanded . Merchants vessels are shamefully inadequately manned . I once came to England in a brig which could only afford two hands to each watch . The man at the helm was frequently obliged to leave his post to let ...
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Page 46 - Every person subject to this Act who shall absent himself from his ship, or from the place where his duty requires him to be, with an intention of not returning to such ship or place, or who shall at any time and under any circumstances, when absent from his ship or place of duty, do any act which shows that he has an intention of not returning to such ship or place, shall be deemed to have deserted, and shall be punished...
Page 387 - On the other hand, when the labourer earns by his work less than is required to provide the amount of food which is indispensable in order to restore fully his working power, an unyielding, inexorable law or necessity compels him to have recourse to spirits.
Page 49 - If he shall be guilty of an indecent assault he shall suffer penal servitude or such other punishment as is herein-after mentioned : If he shall be guilty of robbery or theft he shall suffer penal servitude or such other punishment as is herein-after mentioned : If he shall be guilty of any other criminal offence which if committed in England...