In 1925 he was one of 12 members of the Communist Party convicted at the Old Bailey under the Incitement to Mutiny Act 1797, and one of the five defendants sentenced to 12 months imprisonment.
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Modifications to the Mutiny Act soon allowed courts-martial trial of soldiers for acts prohibited by the Crown s articles of war, as long as the articles conformed to the Mutiny Act in 1718.
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Modifications to the Mutiny Act soon allowed courts-martial trial of soldiers for acts prohibited by the Crown s articles of war, as long as the articles conformed to the Mutiny Act in 1718.
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The Mutiny Act of 1803 effected a great constitutional change in this respect : the power of the crown to make any Articles of War became altogether statutory, and the prerogative merged in the act of parliament.
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Along with the fear of a loss of liberty, the colonists felt that the British army should be subordinate to civil authority since Parliament already stated that the army couldn t force quartering through the Mutiny Act.
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To gain more control in the region, especially after New York disregarded the Mutiny Act, Parliament created the American Board of Customs, designed to efficiently collect taxes, specifically those proposed by Prime Minister Townshend.
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A closely related series of Marine Mutiny Acts starting in 1755 ( 28 Geo . 2 c . 11 ) would regulate his Majesty's marine forces while on shore, and continue well into the 19th century.
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The Americans strongly opposed the quartering of British troops in their homes because the British Parliament had created the Mutiny Act under which the British army was supposed to be prohibited against quartering troops in private homes of citizens against their will.
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In American colonial history, the British parliament provision ( actually an amendment to the annual Mutiny Act ) requiring colonial authorities to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or villages.
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At this time, flogging was gradually being phased out as a punishment for military members, who were instead imprisoned under the Mutiny Act of 1844; the purchase of Melville Island allowed these prisoners to be removed from the overcrowded Halifax Citadel.
