Introductory preface;
1. Of the nature of naval courts martial;
2. Of particular places to which the jurisdiction of naval courts martial extends in regard to offences cognizable by them; and of such, when committed out of those local places or districts;
3. Of courts of inquiry;
4. Of persons subject and amenable to the jurisdiction of naval courts martial;
5. Of officers sitting on courts martial, by virtue of any local rank, superior to their own, established rank, conformably to seniority from the date of their first commission;
6. Of particular situations and circumstances which exempt and exclude officers, who by their seniority of rank are entitled to be members of a court martial;
7. Of a judge advocate;
8. Of arraignment and its incidents;
9. Of the please of which a criminal may avail himself;
10. Of the distinction between principals and accessaries, and the means of bringing offenders to trial;
11. Of evidence and witnesses;
12. Of an equality of voices on matters relative to trials by courts martial;
13. Of giving a verdict or opinion, and passing sentence;
14. Of the form of drawing out the sentence of a court martial;
15. Of appeals; 16. Enumeration of particulars in which courts martial in the land and sea service differ from each other;
Appendix.
