Court Martial

[Jaznjjj]

I posted this elsewhere in the forum - but this board has been suggested as an alternative prospect. 

A soldier of the 11th Regt Devonshire Guards on the 5th July, 1846 was court-martialled for a crime  "25 Reg 546".  The court martial could have taken place at Hobart, Norfolk Island or Sydney.  He was demoted to private, his liquor was forfeited and his pay reduced by 1d per Diem.  He was not imprisoned. 

Is somebody able to help me please find out what crime "25 Reg 546" refers to?   Is it possible to locate court martial records? 

Thank you, J. 

[jim1]

You may find something in here:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073454913;view=1up;seq=9

[Jaznjjj]

Thank you Jim, I had access to this elsewhere but took the opportunity to go through it again, without success in locating the reference. The reference does not appear to show up as an item number or a page number. I suspect there is another document, or my source is faulty. These 1844 regulations do, however, have much of interest to me especially regarding the families of soldiers in barracks, and the discharge procedure.  The section on court-martials and defaulters gave me a better idea of the degree of misconduct which would not have been serious, given the relatively light punishment received by this long-serving soldier whose record appears otherwise unblemished.  It also looks like the court-martial record would have been routinely destroyed once he was discharged from the regiment. This discharge occurred in Sydney in 1848; he received  the standard gratuity and settled in South Australia.  J

[barryd]

When in doubt Google it. This time all got was your original posting. Twice.

https://www.google.com/#q=%2225+Reg+546%22+

[Jaznjjj]

Thank you Barry, probably came up twice because I posted the same enquiry on two different boards (following a suggestion from someone responding to my first enquiry.  I'll keep looking and Googling!  J