Considerations on the question lately agitated in Westminster-hall

whether the proceedings of commanders in chief of fleets and armies, acting within the military powers delegated to them, and in the course of discipline, are subject to the review of the civil courts of law : with observations on the case which has given rise to this important question, and on other points which have occurred in that cause / by William Pulteney, Esq

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Considerations on the question lately agitated in Westminster-hall

whether the proceedings of commanders in chief of fleets and armies, acting within the military powers delegated to them, and in the course of discipline, are subject to the review of the civil courts of law : with observations on the case which has given rise to this important question, and on other points which have occurred in that cause / by William Pulteney, Esq

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"At a court martial assembled ... January, 1781 ... the court ... proceeded to enquire into the conduct and behaviour of Captain Evelyn Sutton, commander of His Majesty's ship Isis, on the 31st of last month, when he fell in with and engaged a Dutch ship ... and how far he did his utmost to take or destroy her."--Note, p. 5.

With reference to Capt. Evelyn Sutton's suit against Commodore George Johnstone.

Signatures: A-I⁴.

ESTC, T165217

A digital reproduction of the copy of this title from Cambridge University Library is available from Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)

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KD379.S88 P87 1786

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72 p.
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72

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OL30121017M
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15023567
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26870208

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OL3208315W

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