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NAM.1973-05-81-135
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Printed General Orders, no. 175, Horse Guards, 26th September 1809. Details of Court Martial held in Portsmouth of Thomas Morton Esq, Apothecary to the Forces. Found guilty of embezzling items from the stores of Porchester Castle for his own use, for combining sugar known to be unfit with good sugar and seizing and burning papers and books from the packers at the stores in order to destroy evidence. The court ordered his dismissal from His Majesty's Service. Printed signature of Harry Calvert, Adjutant-General.
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