Duplicate copy of the proceedings of a General Court Martial held at Bankypore to try Lieutenant William Vertue for disobedience to orders and desertion.
Copy of the court martial sentences upon Lieutenant William Vertue, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Robert Fletcher, Ensign William North and Lieutenant and Captain John Stainforth.
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Vertue, tried for desertion and disobedience to orders, Fletcher and North tried for mutiny, and Stainforth tried for breach of the first part of the third article of the second section of the Articles of War. The trials of the four officers were held between 15 July and 26 September 1766. Four c...
Opinion of the Court of Directors relating to the expressed wish of the General Court that a vote of thanks should be offered to Sir Robert Fletcher and his rank restored.