Defendant, who was described as of no address and as having no visible means of subsistence, was charged with being, drunk and sleeping in Gutzlaf' road, at 10.15 on Wednesday night.
Mr, Tarp informed the Court that defend. ant was a deserter from the ship Sir Lancelot, since which time he had had no employment. He had been sent to the Sailors' ilome for a week, and Mr, Bowen had' aho' kept' him there fourteen days out of charity, but even then his conduct was so bad that it was impossible to keep him in the Home any' longer, and he was sent away. Nothing'could be done with him, for he was irreclaimable, His Worsutr—I shall' lock you up for fourteen days, and then, if yea cannot find security for your future good behaviour, order you to be deported.
R. (Master of State of Alabama) 'v. Grouzy, Refusal of Duty and Using Threatening Language.
Defendant is fourth engineer of the above-named steamer, and was charged by Captain Hanlin with' neglect and refusal of duty, and also with using threatening Ini guage towards the second' officer, and endea-Youring to incite him to commit a breach of the Defendant said, in reply to the charge, that the ship being in dock he was under the im: pression that he was only called upon to work under dockyard rales, whi mence work at sever he had been requested. beret years in other companies shipy had always been the Tule follow when in dock, Captain Honan deposed that on the Sth instant, defendant was told to commence work at six'a.m., when he refused, and said: would not begin till seven. He: had also refused previous to that date. Complainant sent the chief engineer to him with a message to the effect that he (defendant) had better think over it, but he again refused. On the 11th instant, he told complainant himself that he would not work before seven o'clock for any man, Such conduct as that could not be permitted on board and com-Bolissued. Defendant had not worked before mant therefore caused a summons to
seven on any morning between the 8th and 11th instant. 5 Defendant, on being asked if he had anything to say, said he refused to commence work at six o'clock, on the knowledge of the general rule to commence at when A ship is in dock. He understood, also, that was only to take his orders from the chief gineer, The morning of the 11th was the first time he was told to start at six; and he did not know there was such a rule existing here as to start at six, or he would have obeyed it.
The Chief Engineer was called, and stated that'he told defendant to turn to at six o'clock inthe morning, and as far as his memory served him, it was on the 8th instant. He also told him to do so on the 11th. On both occasions he replied that he would be guided by the rules of the port, and work from seven ref four in the afternoon. The work of the ship required that he should begin at nix.
fendant repeated that if the rules of the port required him to start at six, he would obey them,
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