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Title The tryals of Col. Kirkby, Capt. Wade, &c. at a court-martial in Jamaica : for cowardice, neglect of duty, breach of orders, and other crimes : with an account of their behaviour and execution, to which is added the copy of a letter from Jamaica, relating to the conduct of Commodore M****, at a late interview with a small squadron of French men of war : to which is also added the articles and orders for the regulating and better governing His Majesty's navies, and likewise the sailing and fighting instructions and the abstract of the act relating to court-martials
Published [London] : A. Freeman, 1747

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Description 1 online resource (56 pages)
Series World trials library.
Summary The defendants were Colonel Richard Kirkby, Captain John Constable, Capt. Cooper Wade, Capt. Samuel Vincent, and Capt. Christopher Fogg. The court martial was held 8, 9, 10, 12 Oct. 1702, aboard Her Majesty's ship of the Bredah in Port -Royal Harbour in Jamaica. Cf. p. 1
Notes Title from PDF title page, viewed December 27, 2008
"To which is added, the copy of a letter from Jamaica, relating to the conduct of Commodore M****, at a late interview with a small squadron of French men of war. To which is also added, the articles and orders for the regulating and better governing His Majesty's navies. And likewise the sailing and fighting instructions, and the abstract of the act relating to court-martials."
Subject Kirkby, Richard, -1703 -- Trials, litigation, etc
SUBJECT Kirkby, Richard, -1703 fast
Subject Trials (Naval offenses) -- Jamaica
Naval law -- England -- Cases
Naval law
Trials (Naval offenses)
England
Jamaica
Genre/Form Trial and arbitral proceedings
Trials, litigation, etc.
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Comptes rendus de procès et d'arbitrage.
Form Electronic book
Author Kirkby, Richard, -1703, defendant.
England and Wales. Royal Navy. Court martial (Kirkby : 1702)
LC no. 2006566444
Other Titles Trials of Col. Kirkby, Capt. Wade, &c. at a court-martial in Jamaica