The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-12-23
Military Intelligence.
COURT MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN RICHARD rEENC

COURT MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN RICHARD FRENCH.
THiHD
At o'clock Friday evening the Adjourned sitting
Of the Court Martial On Capt French took place ct ths
Capt French disolaimed all intention Of . wifu dis
obedience Of orders Of insulting his colonel by going
up to him; be merely wanted TO explain to him the
cause Of the DELAY
Tbs 6rst with, examined for the defence was Tho
mas Coyer, . non.c1mmirsioned officer In Captain
marched about two hundred yards alter the srder TO
halt given; Capt French aid not 60 to the colonel
till after bic comIs any vas dressed to the right.
Upon capt French putting question TO the witness
20 elicit the delay the Judge Advocate admit
ted that ,spt French and bis company vent to cen.
trail Hall the morning Of that day and detained
there IN OF the volunteers not being ready
at the time appointed.
The witness then proved that the company order
was for half. past O'Clock
Matthsu Green proved that II Is the custom Of Capt
French to issue his company orders an hour ahead OF
the regimentsl orders
Lieut. MsCauley then proved that Capt. French DE-
sired him, the morning Of the parade to go TO Col
stebbins and explain the Of the delay, and ask
his indulgence for half hour; he did not the
colonel but the adj utsnt and he told him that
and he wanted the favor u bali an hour he ssd he
had power TO do On cross. tamil nation the
witness ssid " uas bic firm impression that be had eI
planned the OF the delay as that the sole OBJ
ject for which be sent aud he would have s~orn
positively that he had executed his MESSAGE had he
not seen the testimony Of Adjutsnt Hart
VIM M. Young was next produced but the Judge
Advocate admitted vbst he vas drought forward 20
prove namely that the night Of i4th Of Novem
the com apy called on Capt French and solicited him
20 escort the New York Volunteers next morning 60
and the funeral procession; that the captain OBJ
j.ct,d that u might keep him late. but finally sou-
tepted, saying the culoSsi was . gentleman and .
clever fellow and that he (hs csptan) hour
late be had doubt he could make II all right With
BIN aud that the volunteers accepted the Invitation
at 10 oclrck that night
Bernard Mullins sas next eteuined, aud deposed
that he In IN. bsrrvom u tr-nch's Hstel In No
v.nb.r lsst sftsr the time o. the arrest Adjutsnt
Hsrt came IN aud Itsin Fr.nch accused him sith
being the causs 81 his arrest ava raid, that Adju
snt Hsrt had nubcstsd e. Jnl Stebbins the fact
that Captain trtIch had gone toesoort the Volunteers
he did not think that "a Sebbins would have csussd
bin to be srrsstsd fr ~ doing Adjusut artrepsd.
by saying that bs had cstsd IL To the colonel
sDd hat the colonei ssstished With the cosrss
aptsiI French pursued. djutspt Hart aisO acknow
edg.d thai he stated 20 the sooue the substance OF
NC, aulsy message that Captain French desired half
hours time aud that he escottng the New York
Ncup sers
This cioses the for the defence and the Court
adjovrrtd 20 the 4h 81 Isnuary when Captsa French
siD Up. ans be replied to by the Judge AdvOcste.
| Commission ~" Claims Against nerico
Dsc IL The csim 81 Margaret T. Neade de.
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