Halcom. Who subverts justice, is a traitor to God!
Brightly. Let the bullet settle this at once.
Hood. (To the court.) Gentlemen of the court, you have heard the evidence. Is the prisoner guilty?
All. Aye, guilty!
Hood. Captain Brightly, return the prisoner to the cabin. He will be allowed fifteen minutes to prepare. You will then call a squad of men, and see to it that he is shot to the death.
Halcom. Gen. Hood, I request that I may die by the hand of a brave and honorable man.
Hood. So I have decreed!
Halcom. His hands are tainted with the murder of defenceless women.
Brightly. ’Tis false!
Halcom. So is he a coward! Twice I have thrown my knife at his feet to defend himself against my empty hands, and he has refused!