2-798-643 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Court Martial, 1845. 'The scene of a District Court-Martial is generally a large room attached to the garrison, or perhaps the official residence of the officer in command of the district, who mostly presides. The Judge-Advocate, or the officer of the court, sits at the bottom of the table facing the President; the prosecutor - if the charge is brought by one officer against another - must be in attendance; the prisoner, disarmed, stands by the side of the Judge-Advocate, near him a sentinel with fixed bayonet...in appearance, at least, the proceedings are fair and dispassionate...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.