How To Use Court-martial In A Sentence

  • A furious general had him arrested, tossed in the stockades and prepped for court-martial.
  • Similarly, under a series of Supreme Court decisions, civilians cannot be court-martialed in the absence of a formal declaration of war.
  • They at dinner before I come; and, when I had dined, I away home, and thence to White Hall, where the Board waited on the Duke of York to discourse about the disposing of Sir Thomas Allen's fleete, which is newly come home to Portsmouth; and here Middleton and I did in plain terms acquaint the Duke of York what we thought and had observed in the late Court-martiall, which the Duke did give ear to; and though he thinks not fit to revoke what is already done in this case by a Court-martiall, yet it shall bring forth some good laws in the behaviour of Captains to their under Officers for the time to come. Diary of Samuel Pepys, Apr/May 1668
  • The commander of the dragoons was court-martialled, and shot himself.
  • The Interior Ministry threatened that the men would be court-martialled for refusing to fight. Archive 2008-03-01
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  • We were frightened of absconding because we thought the major might have us court-martialled.
  • During his court-martial, Jenkins described an austere existence in the isolated Stalinist state.
  • During his court-martial, prosecution witnesses testified Sgt.
  • Now if Elspeth had been leader of those soggy Lib Dems she'd have court-martialled the lot of them. Archive 2008-03-01
  • Anyway, on the time, I was marched in before the court-martial and they were all sitting there at the table, all the officers.
  • A court-martial could have brought a discharge and jail.
  • The action of General Jackson in overruling the milder sentence of the court-martial could not, he said, be spoken of without horror. The Relations Between the Governments of Great Britain and the United States, from the Treaty of Ghent until the Inauguration of President Lincoln
  • The authorities were terrified of the publicity which would almost certainly have resulted from court-martialling an officer of known valor (Sassoon was becoming famous as a poet and had won the M.C.) and sending him to a shell-shock hospital was a damage-limitation exercise, not a kindness. A Terrible State of Nerves
  • The drill instructor was court-martialed for having sex with a trainee.
  • Any officer who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer shall be court-martialled.
  • He will face non-capital charges before a general court-martial at Travis Air Force Base in California, according to the Air Force.
  • The man in the street may ask why it is permissible for soldiers to be court-martialled for acts they are alleged to have committed while in Iraq, but not be entitled to the protection that the Human Right Act affords all other subjects. Human rights still matter on the battlefield
  • In Paris, the "GI Liberation Committee" even proposed a program to "democratize" the Army by abolishing officers 'privileges and reforming the military system of justice to include enlisted men on court-martial boards. 16 Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II
  • If the only officer present with a command decides to try the charges as summary court-martial, no indorsement is required. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10214
  • During the Vietnam War, at least one US soldier was also court-martialled for supervising water-boarding. George Bush Creates A Paradoxical Standard On Torture « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
  • He leads a charge against the Swedish enemy before the planned time, and though he wins the day for Brandenburg, he is court-martialled for ignoring his orders. Two German Revolutionary Plays Restaged
  • You have both been most clever, and I will serve as justicer in a court-martial, but" the local Dramurian justicer will sit close at hand so that I may consult with him about local matters. Alector's Choice
  • Although the Swedes are routed, the prince is court-martialled for disobeying orders and sentenced to death. The Prince of Homburg
  • The drill instructor was court-martialed for having sex with a trainee.
  • In these kind of capstan-head court-martials, at which captains will sometimes administer reefers 'law, "Woe to the weakest! Rattlin the Reefer
  • He'll either be court-martialled or they'll give him a gong. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
  • The soldiers had been facing a court-martial proceeding, but agreed instead to a nonjudicial one.
  • Any officer who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer shall be court-martialled.
  • `This garbage will be killed, and then you will return with me and face a court-martial for desertion. WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM
  • `This garbage will be killed, and then you will return with me and face a court-martial for desertion. WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM
  • An accused at a court-martial is guaranteed the right to a speedy trial under the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which is triggered when charges are preferred. David Isenberg: Ahem: About That Great Change to the UCMJ
  • The Army responded by court-martialling him and throwing him in jail for 20 days. War Vets Fighting Drug Addiction
  • He is due to face a court-martial on drugs charges.
  • At his court-martial he'd been called a disgrace to his country. CODE BREAKER
  • The court-martialling and prompt execution at Pretoria of the rebel leader, Captain Fourie, shows what the Union Government is minded to do _pour décourager les autres_. The Illustrated War News, Number 21, Dec. 30, 1914
  • Hi — In 1967 a US navy nurse, Lieutenant Susan Schnall, was court-martialed for dropping antiwar leaflets from a plane on navy installations. Welcome « Official Harry Harrison News Blog
  • The drill instructor was court-martialed for having sex with a trainee.
  • Would he feel obliged to put him in bilboes and bring him to court-martial, or could he just feed him to the sharks the crew won't say nothin', or what? The pirate smiles the fabulous smile of celebrity.
  • The rest of the year was uneventful, except for the court-martialling of The Conqueror
  • His review of the court-martial proceedings may involve an assessment of the qualities of the prosecuting and defending barristers.
  • One report said they were separated from their division and later wanted to return to Japan but feared they would face a court-martial.
  • Portsmouth; and here Middleton and I did in plain terms acquaint the Duke of York what we thought and had observed in the late Court-martiall, which the Duke did give ear to; and though he thinks not fit to revoke what is already done in this case by a Court-martiall, yet it shall bring forth some good laws in the behaviour of Captains to their under Officers for the time to come. Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 73: April/May 1669
  • Pottley, of the London train-bands, and by the look of the papers around them they had been checking the lists (as two days later there was heavy court-martialling among the newly arrived drafts and cashiering of officers that had misbehaved in Middlesex). Corporal Sam and Other Stories
  • `This garbage will be killed, and then you will return with me and face a court-martial for desertion. WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM
  • Tuesday will see the resumption of the court-martialling of Gen Fonseka on charges of unlawful political involvement while in uniform and of irregular procurement practices. BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
  • The court-martial convened in secret on January 10 and the next day reached its preplanned conclusion: Esterhazy was not the author of the bordereau. Emancipation
  • Voltaire alludes to Admiral John Byng, who was court-martialled and executed in 1757 for failing to “do his utmost” to prevent Minorca falling to the French following the Battle of Minorca. The Volokh Conspiracy » “Pour encourager les autres”
  • I was court-martialled and sentenced to six months in a military prison.
  • As to forfeiture of pay, even when a bad conduct discharge is adjudged, a special court-martial is limited by Article 19 to the adjudgment of forfeiture of two-thirds pay per month for six months. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10214
  • At his court-martial he'd been called a disgrace to his country. CODE BREAKER
  • His sentence by a special court-martial judge includes discharge for bad conduct and demotion to the lowest rank of private.
  • Such objections as that the accused, at the time of the arraignment, is undergoing a sentence of a general court-martial, or that owing to the long delay in bringing him to trial he is unable to disprove the charge or to defend himself, or that his accuser was actuated by malice or is a person of bad character, or that he was released from restraint upon the charges are not proper subjects for motion prior to plea, however much they may constitute ground for a continuance or affect the questions of the truth or falsity of the charge or of the measure of punishment. EXECUTIVE ORDER 10214
  • They were arrested and court-martialed and it wasn't until many years later that their record was expunged.
  • Corporal Spencer will be held in jail until his court-martial in 90 days.
  • But she said the mutineers would still face court-martial proceedings.
  • The US military is to court-martial four marines accused of the gang rape of a Japanese woman last year, in an apparent attempt to defuse anger over a series of alleged crimes by American servicemen.
  • There would probably be some court-martialling of their patrols. The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918
  • At his court-martial he'd been called a disgrace to his country. CODE BREAKER
  • GAFFNEY -- A Gaffney man who told reporters he was a Marine heroically rescued from a Cambodian POW camp in 1970 in fact served only 10 months in the Navy and was court-martialed, according to military records obtained by the Heroes or Villains?
  • Now, the decision on court-martialling Manning goes on to the next level of military review, and none of it means Manning has yet to be proven guilty of anything. Breaking News: CBS News
  • I would have gladly grabbed the pompous and corrupt Hamid Karzai by his neck and stuck his nose in a bedsore even though it would have meant my court-martial. Afghan Hospital Horror Is a Sign of Terrible Failure
  • “It looks like you are threatening your captain with a phaser, which is a court-martial offense, Commander.” Star Trek: A Rock and a Hard Place
  • Preposterous as this contention seemed to Washington, he did not call a drumhead court-martial for the immediate sentence and execution of a spy caught in civilian dress. Washington
  • Unless court-martialled, in which case the penalties are more severe. The Volokh Conspiracy » DADT Repeal Soon?
  • He is due to face a court-martial on drugs charges.
  • He wondered who else had rented these squalid rooms, who would follow him when he left, what it would feel like to be court-martialled. TANK OF SERPENTS
  • He'd probably get court-martialled, or reprimanded, anyway. KARA KUSH
  • I may tell you that when he learned that Goolab had got the boy, he spoke of court-martialling you. Flashman And The Mountain Of Light
  • Both he and his French comrade were captured, and Bach was twice court-martialed by the Germans on suspicion of being an American franc-tireur -- the penalty for which is death! Flying for France. With the American Escadrille at Verdun
  • She is likely to be court-martialled for disobeying her commanding officer.
  • It is noteworthy that all the members of the court-martial, appointed by the convening officer, were subordinate in rank to him.
  • Both he and his French comrade were captured, and Bach was twice court-martialed by the Germans on suspicion of being an American _franc-tireur_ -- the penalty for which is death! Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun
  • Advocate is a person appointed to act as prosecutor at a court-martial.

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