17 Oct
In the days of sail, a boatswain was court-martialled for murdering a sailor
In the days of sail, a boatswain was court-martialled for murdering a sailor. It seemed he had knocked the man on the head and thrown his body over the side. He said the man had deserted, and swum ashore.
His defending officer made a lot of the fact that no body had been found.
“In fact,” he [...]