Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, 第 124 卷﹔第 1870 卷，第 3 期H. Colburn, 1870 |
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第 383 頁 - His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to approve and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court.
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