Trial of Captain John Shaw, by the general court martial, holden on board the U.S. Ship Independence, at the Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, upon charges and specifications preferred against him by Captain Isaac Hull, of the United States' Navy
Subtitle: printed from the official record on file in the Navy Department.
Contributors: United States. Navy. Court-martial (Shaw : 1822); Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress); Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Davis & Force
Published: 1822
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 88
Subjects: Shaw, John, 1773-1823 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Hull, Isaac, 1773-1843.; Trials (Naval offenses) -- Massachusetts -- Charlestown.
Notes: Shoemaker 11282
Cohen, M.L.  Bib. of early Amer. law, 13614
Captain Shaw was charged with treating with contempt his superior officer, Captain Hull, being in the execution of the duties of his office, and with unofficerlike and ungentlemanlike conduct in circulating reports relative to the conduct of Captain Hull.
With: Minutes of proceedings of the court of enquiry, into the official conduct of Capt. Isaac Hull, as commandant of the United States' Navy yard at Charlestown, in the state of Massachusetts. Washington City : Davis and Force, 1822 -- Minutes of the proceedings of the court of enquiry ordered by the Secretary of the Navy on the application of Capt. James Biddle. Washington City : Davis and Force, 1822. Bound together subsequent to publication.