Courts martial record, Bangalore, 1813 April 7 : manuscript.

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Army. Dragoons, 25th.

Great Britain.

Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--India--Bangalore.

Courts-martial and courts of inquiry.

Genre:

Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Antiquates Fine & Rare Books (Dorset, England), 2024.

Physical Description:

1 item (16 pages) : paper ; 32 x 20 cm

Production:

Bangalore, 1813 April 7.

Contained In:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 25 Folder 40

Summary:

A manuscript record, in two distinct hands, recording the courts martial of several privates of the 25th Dragoons at Bangalore, India, on 7th April, 1813. The proceedings, overseen by Captain Newman, included the trial of five privates charged with 'abating themselves from their Barracks after watch, taking with them pistols, and ammunition on the night of the 31st March 1813, going to the village of Belloor, disturbing its inhabitants, forcing one of them to give them Arrack, without paying for it' and for 'being absent from Morning Stables and Parade'. Additional charges were brought against individual privates, including Richard Burnett 'for losing or making away with the Regimental Undress Jacket' and for 'breaking the Stock of his Pistol'. Following the presentation of evidence, including testimonials from local Indian residents, the privates were found guilty of their crimes and sentenced to three hundred lashes each.

Cited as:

Courts Martial Record, Bangalore (Misc Mss Box 25 Folder 40). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1458794736