Washington Morton

4 documents

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  Two-Thirds Required to Inflict the Death Penalty

  04/23/1799 Autograph Draft Letter

  Hamilton affirms that when death is inflicted as punishment by a General Court Martial, two-thirds of the members should concur and that should be clearly shown in the proceedings.

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  Revising the Proceedings of the Trial of Sergeant Hunt

  04/23/1799 Autograph Draft Document

  Hamilton observes that the Articles of War require that two thirds of the members of the Court must vote to convict in cases where the death penalty is inflicted. He presumes that was true in the …

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  RE Courts-Martial and Infractions of Military Discipline

  04/17/1799 Copy of document

  Routine correspondence concerning courts-martial and infractions of military discipline.

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  RE Courts-Martial & Infractions of Military Discipline

  03/14/1799 Copy of document

  Routine correspondence concerning courts-martial and infractions of military discipline.

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