Robert Walsh, a seaman belonging to the Alicia Annie, was charged with desertion.
The prisoner, who had a fight with one of his shipmates, was told that he we be imprisoned and locked up for it; scarcely crediting the truth of this he appealed to the cook, who contirmea what he was told, and assured him his only safety was in flight, on which advise he acted.
His Worsute ordered him to be sent on board his ship and that the expenses incurred in apprehending him should be paid out of his wage
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