EXTRACT
FROM THE COURT MARTIAL BOK 55TH REGIMENT AGAINST
NO.
1797 PRIVATE JOHN BUSSICOTT
Date
and Place of Trial
12th
November 1849 in Dublin
Description
of Court
Regimental
Crime
1st
Charge
For
having absented himself without leave
when under orders to proceed from
Dundalk to Dublin on the morning of the
7th November 1849 and
remaining absent until brought in by
Escort to Dublin on the 8th
November 1849
2nd
Charge
For
having at or about the period of his
absence as stated in the first charge
lost by neglect or designed by made away
with one pair of boots and one shirt
part of his Regimental necessaries.
Finding
and Sentence
Finding
–
guilty
of both charges
Sentence
–
to
suffer an imprisonment with Hard Labour for a
period of 30 days and to be placed under
stoppages until the cost of replacing the
articles found sufficient in the Second Charge
be made good
