Supreme Court of Pennsylvania October 2, 1815 (Hutton v. Blaine)

Tilghman C. J.

(After stating the case.) It is said, on behalf of the defendant in error, that the court martial had no jurisdiction, and its proceedings were irregularly conducted : that the charges exhibited against the defendant were too general: that a copy of these charges ought to have been served on him ten days before the meeting of the court: that it ought to appear on the face of the