Ah a technical question from Raggytash, that of course he would have not had to ask if he had bothered to look it up himself.

What is a Field General Court Martial if not a trial without a jury .................... or any defence come to that.

Field General Court Martial: The Court is made up of a Judge Advocate, and between three and seven (depending on the seriousness of the offence) officers and warrant officers. Rulings on matters of law are made by the Judge Advocate alone, whilst decisions on the facts are made by a majority of the members of the court, not including the Judge Advocate, and decisions on sentence by a majority of the court, this time including the Judge Advocate.

The three to seven members of the panel fulfil the role of the Jury with the added advantage that they can ask any question they wish directly.

Non-Jury trials and mass internment were introduced as solutions to internal security problems in Ireland NOT by the British but by the Government of the Republic of Ireland at the instigation of the man who first turned the IRA loose and was instrumental in fomenting the Irish Civil War - Eamon de Valera.