[Lewis:]
In conformity to the above order the
Court martial convened
this day for the trial
of John Newman, charged with
"having uttered repeated expressions of a
highly criminal and
"mutinous nature; the same having a tendency not only
to
"distroy every principle of military discipline, but also to
"alienate the affections of the individuals composing this
"detatchment to their officers, and disaffect them to the ser"vice
for which they have been so sacredly and
solemnly
"engaged." The Prisonar plead not guil[t]y to the charge
exhibited
against him. The court after having duly considered
the evidence aduced, as well as the
defence of the said
prisonor, are unanimously of opinion that the prisonor
John
Newman is guilty of every part of the charge exhibited against
him, and do sentence him agreeably to the rules and articles
of war,
to receive seventy five lashes on his bear back, and to
be henceforth
discarded from the perminent party engaged for
North Western discovery;
two thirds of the Court concurring
in the sum and nature of the punishment awarded. the
commanding
officers approve and confirm the
sentence of the
court, and direct the punishment take place tomorrow
between
the hours of one and two P.M. The commanding officers
further direct that John Newman in future be attatched to the
mess
and crew of the red Perogue as a labouring hand on
board the same, and
that he be deprived of his arms and
accoutrements, and not be permited the
honor of mounting
guard untill further orders; the commanding officers
further
direct that in lue of the guard duty from which Newman has
been exempted by virtue of this order, that he shall be
exposed to
such drudgeries as they may think proper to direct
from time to time with
a view to the general relief of the
detatchment.
