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Transcript of the Court-Martial of the Bounty Mutineers

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September 12-18, 1792
(SPELLING, CAPITALIZATION, PUNCTUATION, AND EMPHASIS AS IN ORIGINAL REPORTING)

Witnesses for the Prosecution
John Fryer, Master of the Bounty (9/12/1792)
William Cole, Boatswain of the Bounty (9/12-13/1792)
William Peckover, Gunner of the Bounty (9/13/1792)
William Purcell, Carpenter of the Bounty (9/13/1792)
Lt. Thomas Hayward, Midshipman of the Bounty (9/14/1792)
Lt. John Hallet, Midshipman of the Bounty (9/14/1792)
John Smith, Seaman of the Bounty (9/14/1792)
Captain Edward Edwards, Captain of the Pandora (9/14/1792)
Lt. John Larkin, First Lieutenant of the Pandora (9/14/1792)

The Defense
Defense Witness for Joseph Coleman (9/15/1792)
Statement for Peter Heywood (9/17/1792)
Statement for Michael Byrn (9/17/1792)
Statement for James Morrison (9/17/1792)
Statement by Charles Norman (9/17/1792)
Statement and Defense Witness for Thomas Ellison (9/17/1792)
Statement and Defense Witnesses for Thomas McIntosh (9/17/1792)
Statement for William Muspratt (9/17/1792)
Statement and Defense Witnesses for Thomas Burkett (9/17/1792)
Statement and Defense Witness for John Millward (9/17/1792)

The Judgment of the Court (9/18/1792)

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Other Resources

  • The Court-Martial of the Bounty Mutineers: An Account
  • The Mutiny on the Bounty: A Chronology
  • The Mutiny on the Bounty: Maps
  • The Mutiny on the Bounty: Images
  • The Log & Letters of William Bligh Pertaining to the Mutiny on the Bounty
  • Company of the Bounty & Their Various Fates
  • William Bligh's Narrative of the Mutiny on the Bounty (London: George Nicol, 1790)
  • Transcript of the Court-Martial of the Bounty Mutineers
  • Verdict and Sentence in the Court-Martial of the Bounty Mutineers
  • Bligh's Orders: Gather Breadfruit for later transplanting
  • Screen Depictions of the Mutiny on the Bounty
  • The Mutiny on the Bounty: Selected Links
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