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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY
GENERAL ORDER )
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
No. 21 Austin, Nov. 16, 1839. Proceeding[s of] general Court Martial, held at the Head Quart[ers] of the First Regiment of Infantry, Camp on Wal[nu]t creek; by virtue of the following order :- · GENERAL ORDER, ) . No 20. ) ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, Austin, Nov. 14, 1839. ) A general Court :~fartial to consist of eleven n;1embers, a greater num- ber cannot be convened without serious injury to the service, will assemble at Head Quarters of the First Regiment of Infantry, on the 14th inst, or as soon thereafter as possible, for the trial of Corporal Robert :Morris, and such other prisoners as may be brought before it. The court will be composed as follows:- Col. Edward Burleson, Com'dg 1st Reg't Inf'y Pres't. " Wm. G. Cooke; Qr. Master Gen. " Wm L. Cazeneau, Commissary General Subsistence. Lt. Col Wm. S. Fisher, 1st Regiment Infantry. :Maj. P. Caldwell, Quarter Master. Capt. A. Clendenin, 1st Regiment Infantry. . " John Holliday, " " " Lt. E. A. Thompson, " " " " Dani~l Lewis, " " " " C. C. Hornsby, " " " " A. IL Scott, " " " Lt. W. D. Houghton, Adjutant 1st Regiment Infantry, will act as special Judge Advocate. By order of the Secretary of War. H. McLeod, Adjutant General T. A. No. 1532 1839 Nov. 14, TRIAL OF ROBERT MORRIS AT WALNUT CREEK 4 The Court met in pursuance to the above order, and having been duly sworn, proceeded to the trial of Corporal Robert 11orris of "B" Company, 1st Regiment Infantry, upon the following charge and speci- fication. CHARGE-Using violence to an officer, while in the discharge of his duty. · SPECIFICATION-In this, that the said Robert Morris of "B" Company, 1st Infantry, did on the night of the 11th instant, while confined at the guard fire, make an assault on ihe person of Capt J. C. P. Kenneymore, and severely wound him with a knife, while in the discharge of his duty as officer of the day. · To which the prisoner pleaded as follows:- Not Guilty to the charge; Guilty to the Specification. The Court after mature deliberation upon the testimony adduced,
•Printed. In no. 1544, p. 3.
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