left of the president, that officer stood up to administer
the customary oath. His example was followed by the rest
of the court, who now rose, and extending each his right
hand upon the prayer book, repeated, after the president,
the form of words prescribed by military law. They then,
after successively touching the sacred volume with their
lips, once more resumed their seats at the table.

The prosecutor was the Adjutant Lawson, who now handed
over to the president a paper, from which the latter
officer read, in a clear and distinct voice, the following
charges, viz.--

"1st. For having on the night of the --th September 1763,
while on duty at the gate of the Fortress of Detroit,
either admitted a stranger into the garrison himself, or
suffered him to obtain admission, without giving the
alarm, or using the means necessary to ensure his
apprehension, such conduct being treasonable, and in
breach of the articles of war.

"2d. For having been accessary to the abduction of Captain
Frederick de Haldimar and private Harry Donellan, the
disappearance of whom from the garrison can only be
attributed to a secret understanding existing between
the prisoner and the enemy without the walls, such conduct
being treasonable, and in breach of the articles of war."

"Private Frank Halloway," continued Captain Blessington,
after having perused these two short but important charges,