Victuals; or for Disposal; or as lent to do Duty; or
employed in Prize-Vessels. - Opinion of the Law Offi-
cers of the Crown respecting Officers and Men employed
in hired Vessels, &c. Subjects of a Foreign State
voluntarily entering the Service amenable to Naval
Discipline. Prisoners of War should not be permitted
to enter the Service.-Pressed Men not subject to Naval
Discipline until rated in some Ship. Officers and
others employed on the Lakes in North America. — Case
where a second Court-Martial was held on an Offender
before the Sentence of the first Court-Martial was carried
into execution. Officers on Half-Pay, or who have
quitted the Service, may be tried for crimes committed
by them when serving. Persons released from Arrest
may be tried at a subsequent Period. -Peers of the
Realm, when in the Service, subject to Courts-Martial.-
Privileges of Parliament do not exempt Persons from
Trial by Court-Martial for Offences committed by them
in a Naval or Military Capacity. - Marines, when em-
ployed in Ships, subject to Naval Courts-Martial; or
may be sent to Head-Quarters for Trial.-Circumstances
under which the Crimes of Murder and Manslaughter
may be taken cognizance of at Courts-Martial.
of Francis Ansell, of H. M. S. " Trave," tried for a
Murder committed by him on board that Ship when in
the River St. Lawrence. Case of Mr. R. Phillips,
Midshipman, against whom a Coroner's Inquest re-
turned a Verdict of Wilful Murder. — Case of Captain
Whitby, of H. M. S. "Leander," who fired into an
American Coasting Vessel, and killed one of the Crew.