Prisoners are marines belonging to H.B, M.'s wwuboat Kestrel, and were charged with irankenness in Hongkew, on the previous day.
Gautioned, and ordered to poy the costs of the Court, R, (Captain Yextey) v, F, Mace, An offending Sailor.
Defendant is night watchman on board the Albert Victor, and he was charged with abseuting himself from the vessel without leave, and with using abusive language to the chief officer, 'Defendant said he had leave to come on shore on Wednesday, and was to have been on Doard again at' six o'clock in the evening, He met with friends on sore and accidentally overstayed his leave by nearly two hours; and when he returned on board the chief mate was abusive and said he would not allow him to go ashore agai 'The Chief Mate deposed that defendant did overstay his leave for nearly two hours, and that constituted the charge of being absent from the vessel without leave, When defendant came on board, he was un the influence of liquor, and was' very abusi when remonstrated with for not being on board at th proper time; he was the watchman, and hisabsencecausedmoreinconveniencethan that of any of the other men, After using a great deal of insolence and snapping his fingers in the {nce of the witness, he went forward. Five minutes afterwards he returned to wit-nots and demanded to see the Captain, resumning his insolence and following witness about onthe poop, Angry words led to a struggle, and the Captain hearing the noise came out of the cabin and ordered the defendant to forward and be quiet.
Defendant said it all arose from the mate not excusing him for being late in returning tothe ship. Ho met with friends and time Passed so quickly, that it was eight o'clock joffre he thought it was.six. Me never tasted drink all day, and was perfectly sober. The mate would not excuse him, and wanted to see the Captain to ask to be 3 cused by him; ho was sure the Captain would have excused him.
The Captain said this was not the first time the defendant had been troublesome Three or four times he was very insolent at sea, and on one occasion he was so bad that he His Worsurr said it was plain defendant had overstayed his leave, and had also been abusive to the chief officer. Such conduct could not be allowed, and he would have to go to gud for seven days, and pay the costs of the Court.
July 7th.
(Capt. Sioxs) v, Auexanper Mirena, Absent without Leave.
Prisoner was chief officer of the schooner Louise, and he was charged with being absent from the vessel without leave on the 6th instant.
'A few days ago, prisoner was before the Court on the charge of inciting the crew to mutiny, and of assaulting the Captain, 'The object of the was to get him out especially as his frat officer was ashore, He' of the ship owing to the mischief he had done, might, if there were, need, ave si to and prisoner agreeing to take his discharge, the men-of-war for instance, the charge had not been proceeded with. On Prisoner said what the C: had slated the 6th, he came ashore to be discharged at the 3, he never lifted his, Consulate, and on examining his accounts there Captain, The Captain hho said they were wrong and refused to take cabin door without speaking to him; and then his discharge, He did not return to the ship struck him three or four. times. in. the-face during the day, and a warrant was issued for with his fist. 'That was the truth of the his apprehension. whole matter, and he should like to have it 'The Captain alleged that the prisoner was proved that' he threatened the carpenter. doing all thia to annoy him, He never did any euch thing.
Prisonersaidit his accounts had been correct, Sergeant Witsox deposed that about half-he should have taken his discharge, past one o'clock on Saturday afternoon he His Worsurp said as the prisoner was still went on board the Albert Viclor, in company willing to take his discharge he would allow with P.C. Smith, and apprehended the him to go, with the payment of the costs, prisoner. At that time prisoner had and his accounts could be investigated at carks on his fa the warrant to once, him and went with him to' the Poli His accounts were then gone into in the Station without any trouble whater Shipping Office, and he did not object to a Prisoner was not very. drank; but-j single item, ciently.so to be troublesome. He aaw seven or eight of the other members of the crow, Suly 9th, and most of them were under the influence of (Captain Yextzy) v, R, Mantes. ligner. There was no disturbance while he Disturbance on Board the Albert Victor." was on board, - One man, the cook he bel jumped about a great deal, and seemed as i Prisoner, who had been apprehended on a wanted to incite the others to a row, but warrant, is an able seaman on board the all was quiet when he left the shi Albert Victor, and was charged with assault-"His Woxsnrr asked how the ink got on ing the chief mate of that vessel. board the vessel sioner, in answer to his Worship, said he believed from what he had been told that The Carrany -replied: that it was taken on he had assaulted the chief mate; but he was board by a man. against whom he wanted a too drunk to distinctly remember, what did summons for using abusive and threatening occur. language.
The Carpenter was called and said the prisoner used a great deal of abusive language Rghting on the ship, The prisoner was one to him, and several times challenged him out of theas. He interfered them to to fight, When the Captain's affair was gain whereupon prisoner used most filthy on, he, the steward,. the sailmaker," and language and atruck him several others took hold of the'prisoner, but they times on the face with his fist. They were could not keep hu quiet, "All the crow wore Violent blows and made his novo bleed also standing around. They did not interfere Prisoner repeated that he believed he except to try to quiet the prisoner. Ho did struck the mate, and added that he was sorry for what had ocourred, not neo the Captain atriko the prisoner, but the Captain might have struck him and he not Captain Yexrey, the master of the Alert Victor, then deposed that the Drisoner bad Prisoner protested that he did not assault assaulted him ao, When the mate was the Captain, who was to blame for what ashore, about half-past ten o'clock on Satur-took place. The Captain struck him at least day morning, for the purpose of taking out a three times. warrant. agelast the prisoner for "having assaulted him, prisoner came to the cabin door attempt to strike the C; tain, but he Thought The Carpenter said'ho saw the prisoner
and said he was looking for his cap which he the blow did not reach him, During the had Tost during the bother with the nate, struggle the prisoner pulled his whiskers and Ho told him his cap was not there, and tried to was sore afterwards, but it was now persuade him to go forward and go to bed was not in a fit state to do ho did not remember pulling whiskers, if he was too drunk to shoulder" and. told. him he must go away, gu and too drank also to remem-truck bim Tour of yo times, end toro the whereupon prisoner turned sharply round, assaulted the mate, it was reasonable to infer that he would not remem-shirt off his back, Ho called for assistance, ber what he did to the Captain, and the carpenter, steward, and sailmaker sioner said he remembered all that took came and tried to hold the prisoner, who was like a madman. Ho (witness) was standing near the edge of the fore hatchway, ne It was clear on the the cabin door, when the prisoner, while the prisoner's own admission that he aveaulted other men were straggling with him, rushed the mate, and he also believed he had been at him, and witness struck him twice in the face to keep him off. The men could not guilty of assaulting the Captain—it was not likely the Captain would attack him hold him, and he struck him because he was without something of the kind which had been afraid they would all be forced down the described taking place. In the first place hatchway.
Having got into trouble with the chief tate risener lad no business at the cabin door, but His Worsmr failed to seo that it was necessary for the Captain to hare struck the and knowing perhaps what the consequence joner when three or four men had hold of would be, he had become indifferent as to what im; it would have been much better to took place, and apparently determined to make have moved out of his way a little. all the persons aft as uncomfortable as The Carramy replied that he could only he possibly could. He (his Worship) was have-moved down the hatchway, and then not at all satisfied with the explanation there was no doubt he would have been out ven by the Captain for striking the prisoner. ofthe way. After be struck the prisoner, appeared to. him the Captain might have he (prisoner) was taken forward by his ship: escaped from the hatchway without striking mates, who had all gathered round. Every the' prisoner has he lad done, but at the two or three minutes, however, prisoner same time he must not forget in deciding the continued to come aft and threatened to take case that the prisoner was the aggressor and. all their lives; he spoke most against the car-began the row. by.striking the Captain at the penter, who witness sent into the main cabin cabin door. When man. is struck by an-to be out of his way. In the struggle with the other his blood gets up; and that he supposed prisoner, the carpenter hed some of his was the case with the Captain; but the ex-whiskers pulled out by the roots; and he was planation he had given was nevertheless not assaulted in other ways, Shortly aftersatiafactory—he ought to have restrained wards witness went ashore—before the chief himself and moved away from the prisoner. mate had returned tothe ship. He left the However, the worst feature of the case was the vessel in charge of the second mate, the unprovoked attack on: the mate, and for this steward, and sail mak ling them to offence and also for the way in which he had remain on the quarter-deck. The sailors were generally misbehaved himself in assaulting forward, all more or less drunk and mutinous, the Captain, carpenter, and others, prisoner His Worsm said the Captain should not would have to go to gaol for twelve weeks, have left his ship under the circumstances, with hard labour.
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