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entitled “An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion of Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies; and for the Punishment of Offences committed in the East Indies, or at the Island of Saint Helena.” on which the Judicature of courts martial sitting within these provinces entirely depends.
I have [ILL] mentioned these historical facts merely to shew the caution and jealousy of our ancestors, which alone afford in my opinion a sufficient reason for confining the Mutiny Act & Arts of war strictly to those subjects and th persons & those subjects for which they were constituted. But there are others if others were necessary, this
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