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Benet, S. V. [Stephen Vincent] (1827-1895) A Treatise on Military Law and the Practice of Courts-Martial New York D. Van Norstrand 1864 Fourth Edition, With Additions Hard Cover Fair 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard-to-find military law reference by Brigadier General Stephen Vincent Benet, a career military officer who graduated third in his class at West Point, fought in the Civil War, later taught at West Point and who became Chief of United States Army Ordnance in 1874. He was also grandfather to poets Stephen Vincent Benet and Laura Benet. The book describes application of military law in the nineteenth century, and was first published during the Civil War in 1862. It includes sections on: Military Law; Constitution and Composition of Courts-Martial; Jurisdiction; Distinctive Jurisdiction - Offences and Punishment; Arrest and Confinement; Charges and Specification; Of the Court and Parties to the Trial; Challenges and Oaths; Formation, Adjournment, and Dissolution of the Court; Of the Trial and its Incidents; The Finding; The Sentence; Revision and Confirmation of Sentence; Execution of Sentence; Redressing Wrongs, and Appeals; Courts of Inquiry; Boards for Retiring Disabled Officers; Of the Judge Advocate; Remarks on Articles of War; and Of Evidence. Also includes four appendices. Full calf with red spine label lettered in gilt, 389 pages plus publisher's advertisements. Covers edgeworn with joints rubbed and splitting at the ends, covers well attached. Free endpapers and any blank pages removed at front and rear; book begins with the title page and ends with the eighth page of advertising. Some age-toning to the edges of the first and last several pages, some light scattered foxing, chip to bottom edge of title page, chip from the upper right-hand corner of the second leaf of advertising, intermittent faint dampstains to the outer margins of about half the pages, faint dampstain to the upper right hand corner of several pages in the final appendix and index, Victorian decal of strawberries adhered to the blank verso of the final index page. Text complete, no other chips or tears, no names or other markings other than a few columns of numbers on the front pastedown. Price: 425.00 USD
