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The Daily Dispatch: November 28, 1862., [Electronic resource], Martial law — Penalties under it. (search)
Martial law — Penalties under it. Messrs. Moore and Handly, citizens, who were tried by a Court-Martial in Petersburg, a few weeks since, have been released from the punishment to which they were sentenced for selling whiskey; but the liquor, , commanding at Petersburg: Adj't and Ins. General's Office,Richmond, Nov. 23, 1862. General: The case of Wm. H. Moore, and the question involved in it, have been carefully reconsidered, and I am instructed [to] say that the directions oho was tried by a Court Martial at Petersburg in October last, and the President directs that the decision in the case of Moore be applied to that of Handly. The Articles of War provide for the trial of officers and soldiers of the army for mil punished by sentence of a Court-Martial, should be suspended until more definite instructions are communicated. Messrs. Moore and Handly must, therefore, be released from the sentence of the Court, but the contraband liquor may be destroyed or