Court martial for mutiny all ten of the bounty prisoners burkett byrn coleman ellison heywood mcintosh millward morrison muspratt and norman faced the same charge mutiny under the law of england it mattered not whether a man actively participated in seizing command of the ship or took no action to oppose the mutiny. The story of the court martial of the bounty mutineers by douglas linder c 2004 the true story of the the 1789 mutiny on the bounty is far more complicated than suggested by film versions of the event which have emphasized the gratuitous cruelty of the ships captain william bligh. The court martial of the bounty mutineers opened on the gray morning of september 12 1792 in the captains great cabin of lord hoods ship the duke moored in portsmouth harbor on englands southern coast. A beautiful book leather bound with gold decorations and page edges my copy is number 8828 of the notable trials library the introduction and notes by owen rutter are very biased against william bligh but the bulk of the book is a copy of the court martial of the mutineers including information unavailable elsewhere. The mutiny on the bounty maps the mutiny on the bounty images the log letters of william bligh pertaining to the mutiny on the bounty company of the bounty their various fates william blighs narrative of the mutiny on the bounty london george nicol 1790 transcript of the court martial of the bounty mutineers verdict and sentence