My God! I would never have believed it! The British military tradtion, which we
follow, in mil law is to sort things into what would today be called
"indictable" offences ("felonies") and those punishable on summary conviction
("misdemeanors"). What you are describing would all fall under the latter
category (and always have, since the 17th century) and would never go to
court-martial, unless appealed by a person found guilty, which hardly ever
happened. They would receive what we call a "summary trial" at the hands of the
company or battalion commander or equivalent. We like to joke about starting a
summary trial with the words, "Right, sergeant-major, bring the guilty bastard
in!" but I doubt it ever happened!

Thanks for the info.

Harry