Prisoner, a fireman, on board the str. Viking, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Keechong Road, Hongkew, between eleven and twelve o'clock on the previous night.
'A police constable proved the case, and prisoner was ordered to pay a fine of 81, and the costs, R, (G. L. Caster) v. Jouy Moxrny and Feusx Doyle.
Unruly Seamen, The defendants, who are firemen on board ig" Wore charged on the previous Warrant, with being absent from ithout leave, and on their promiing to return to the er and resume their duties, the Court set them at liberty on their costs. They failed to carry out and they were now summoned offence.
in stated that the defendants, after the proceedings at the Court on the day, did not return to the steamer thin a reasonable time, and_when they did return they did no work. He called them aft, and questioned them as to their conduct, when Murphy was very insolent, and said he would like to be brought before the Court again. Doyle was penitent, and had it not been for Murphy's insolence, he (the Captain) would not have instituted the present proceedings.
Defendants urged that after spending a night in the police cells they were weary and unable to work, and knowing that the Captain would cat them a day's pay, they thought it best to turn in and have a good sleep.
His Worsutr said when the defendants left the Court the previous day, they were perfectly fit to return to their duty, and they should have done so. Murphy had been insolent to the Captain, and he would have to be imprisoned for seven days, and pay the costs of the summons. Doyle was ordered to pay the costs of his summons, and to return to the ship.
(G. L. Castux) v. Janes Wear, Absent without Leave.
Defendant, who is also a fireman on board the str. Viking, was summoned for being absent from the vessel without leave gin the 27th inst.
He admitted the offence, and was ordered to pay the costs of the court,
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