HC Deb 06 March 1893 vol 9 cc1102-3
MR. GIBSON BOWLES

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he can state whose duty it was to array the case and to determine what evidence should be offered to the Court at the first Howe court martial in support of the charges brought against Captain Hastings and Commander Dickson; and whose duty it was to secure the eliciting of the whole of the facts by cross-examination when necessary?

MR. EDMUND ROBERTSON

The whole of the duties referred to devolved upon the Court.

CAPTAIN BETHELL

asked whether it was customary in cases of court martial initiated by the Admiralty to appoint a prosecutor?

SIR U. KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH

In many cases a prosecutor has been appointed; but in other cases there has been no prosecutor.

MR. GIBSON BOWLES

In the case of the Howe court martial was not Mr. Martin the prosecutor?

SIR U. KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH

No; he was Judge Advocate. There was no prosecutor.