Trial of John Y. Beall, as a Spy and a GuerrilleroD. Appleton, 1865 - 94 halaman |
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Halaman 80 - A spy is a person who secretly, in disguise or under false pretense, seeks information with the intention of communicating it to the enemy.
Halaman 58 - All persons who, in time of war, or of rebellion against the supreme authority of the United States, shall be found lurking or acting as spies, in or about any of the fortifications, posts, quarters, or encampments of any of the armies of the United States, or elsewhere, shall be triable by a general court-martial, or by a military commission, and shall, 'on conviction thereof, suffer death.
Halaman 58 - That in time of war, all persons not citizens of, or owing allegiance to the United States of America, who shall be found lurking as spies, in or about the fortifications or en* campments of the armies of the United States...
Halaman 77 - SEC. 38. And be it further enacted. That all persons who, in time of war or of rebellion against the supreme authority of the United States, shall be found lurking or acting as spies in or about any of the fortifications, posts, quarters, or encampments of any of the armies of the United States, or elsewhere, shall be triable by a general court-martial or military commission, and shall, upon conviction, suffer death.
Halaman 85 - ... 101. While deception in war is admitted as a just and necessary means of hostility and is consistent with honorable warfare the common law of war allows even capital punishment for clandestine or treacherous attempts to injure an enemy because they are so dangerous and it is so difficult to guard against them.
Halaman 43 - The Court having thus found the prisoner, John Smith, guilty, as above specified, does therefore sentence him, the prisoner, John Smith, to be hanged by the neck until dead, at such time and place as his excellency the lieutenant governor and commander-in-chief may think fit to direct.
Halaman 81 - ... distance, and under generally suspicious circumstances. The chance would, of course, be far less if the prowler is in the common dress worn by the countryman of the district. It may be added here, that a person proved to be a regular soldier of the enemy's army, found in citizens' dress within the lines of the captor, is universally dealt with as a spy. It has been stated that the word guerrilla is not only used for individuals engaged in petty war, but frequently as an equivalent of partisan....
Halaman 58 - That, in time of war or rebellion against the supreme authority of the United States, all persons who shall be found lurking as spies, or acting as such, in or about the fortifications, encampments, •posts, quarters, or headquarters of the armies of the United States, or any of them, within any part of the United States...
Halaman 72 - I was willing to admit that Beall was a rebel officer, and that all he did was authorized by Mr. Davis...
Halaman 85 - Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field," which, having been " approved by the President," became the will of the "War Department, and was published as that " General Order No. 100," from which I have already quoted in the course of my argument. With one reference to that order, from which I now read paragraph 101, 1 will close my citation of the authorities which determine the law applicable to the case now on trial : " 101. While deception in war is admitted...