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Meanings of drumhead court in English

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Usage of drumhead court in English
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The possibility of being drumhead court-martialled and shot might not be remote.
The Coming Conquest of England
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A drumhead court-martial is a hurried trial held in camp.
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 25...
3
Many militia officers were murdered, and many militiamen were executed by drumhead court martial.
The Iron Heel
4
Summary procedure made it easy to decide that the sentence of drumhead court-martial was death.
The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, ...
5
The drumhead court-martial which followed was brief and formal.
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
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A drumhead court martial was held on the spot, and the verdict was a foregone conclusion.
The Soul of a Child
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For this act, he was tried by a " drumhead court martial" and sentenced to die.
Sustained honor: The Age of Liberty Established
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But for British magnanimity a drumhead court-martial should have taken the place of the hospitality of the Ceylon planters.
The Great Boer War
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They accused the negro of treachery and hung him from the nearest limb without the formality of a drumhead court martial.
The Victim: A Romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
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A drumhead court-martial might have seemed tedious and technical in comparison with the sharp brevity of the trials under the ominous cottonwoods.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
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Captain Archer says that I nearly spoiled all their plans, and that I deserved to be tried by a drumhead court-martial and shot.
The Tragedy of the Korosko
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Captain Archer says that I nearly spoiled all their plans, and that I deserved to be tried by a drumhead court-trial and shot.
A Desert Drama: Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko"
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As it was, the French held a drumhead court martial a little later, and all three of the fellows-well ,youcan fill in the rest.
The Firefly of France
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A number of the worst desperadoes are tried by a yet more summary process than a drumhead court martial, "strung up," and buried ignominiously.
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
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So they contended, and both were brought before the drumhead Court Martial.
A Girl of the Commune
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Drumhead court martial was their portion, and military execution their end.
The Iron Heel
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