paused for a moment; then abruptly
changing his tone, went on.
" Do we waver? To steady
us a bit, let us recur to the facts. In
war-time at sea a man-of-war's-man
strikes his superior in grade, and
the blow kills. Apart from its effect
the blow itself is, according to the Articles of War
Mutiny Act , a capital crime.
Furthermore "
"Ay, Sir," emotionally broke
in the marine officer of marines, "in
one sense it was. But surely the
Budd man purposed neither mutiny
nor homocide." Percieving which, the speaker
paused for a moment; then abruptly
changing his tone, went on.
" Do we waver? To steady
us a bit, let us recur to the facts. In
war-time at sea a man-of-war's-man
strikes his superior in grade, and
the blow kills. Apart from its effect
the blow itself is, according to the Articles of War
Mutiny Act , a capital crime.
Furthermore "
"Ay, Sir," emotionally broke
in the marine officer of marines, "in
one sense it was. But surely the
Budd man purposed neither mutiny
nor homocide." Percieving which, the speaker
Transcribed by: John Bryant