an A.B, of the barque Ceres, ging at the Hongkew Wharf. defendant was lying ow the Bund, drunk, at 11-45 p.m.
Defendant admitted the oifeuce.
in Woustir ordered hin to pay the costs of the Court, $1.50, and to return at once to his ship.
Oct. 16th.
Rv. Frask Toys, Absent without Leave.
Defendant, an A.B. of the stea earn, had been absent from the chip 20th' instant, and was apprehended by Boysen on a warrant, in the sailors' waiting room at the British Consular:
Defendant said th self was that he hal ant could not make hin: lo board. Ie wanted his discharge, so as tu ima sailing ship, His Worsur said that was a matter be-Complainant got out of the water, tween him (defendant) and the Captain. The away, pursed by. Stolbert, who Court could not discharge him. catch him, returned to the sampan, where the Captain Auto said be wished the man pan-others had remained. They then righted the ished, and did not want to discharge him. compan, and commenced breaking it up and On a former occasion he had gone ashore with-throwing its contents into the river. Ieaw out leave and got drank, making himself unfit them throw overboard the covering boards, a for daty for two days. rge_stiing of cash, the bedding, matting, is Worsuze told defendant he was liable They smashed up the covering to forfeit six days' pay for every day he was radder, and sent the call and yuloh 50 absent. adrift, also breaking the latter, Stolberg was Captain AuzD said defendant had draw the ringleader, Cameron threw the bedding nearly all his wages of £3 10s. per month, the overboard, and then went into the water to being only a few dollars due to hima, try to save it, but failed to doo. Hill also His Worsmir ordered defendant to forfeit threw some things out of the boat, but did half-a-month's pay to the ship, to pay coste, $1.50, and 50 cents for sam, an hire and food nothing more to peak of; he was too drunk, R. Kanuer gave corroborative evidence, supplied at Police Station; and to return to and added that when the sampan capsized, the ship at once.
Cameron was under it, in the water. He (witees) called oust right the sampan, which Oct. 18th. was done, or Cameron would probably have been drowned.
R, (Pouce) v, Writtam Bow1tso, C. Sruns deposed that when he took Hill Wilful Damage. into custody, be went quietly for some Defendant, a seaman aged 43, who said he tance, and then began to resist, trying to had neither ship nor home, was charged with throw the witness, who was obliged to throw wilfully breaking a pane of glass in the window him in self-defence. The witness Godfrey of one of Ching Choug's stores, in Hongkew, up, and assisted to take Hill to the on Sunday. He said Lo did it because he had Statio no food to eat nor place to sleep, and wanted The complainant, through Heding, the inter-
cold. He came here in the American abi to got a night's Lodging, as the weather wat Fecea'at, $6 for: ropaira to sampany $1,60 for reter, described the damage, and appraised his
Benefactor, and with another of the crew, tail; $13.50 loss of clothing; money, $6.50 received three months' imprisonment for dea total of 827.50, ferring from her. He (dsfendaut) had been His Wonsuir asked defendants what they briton about three weeks, but being had to say to all this? 2 subject, the American Consul would Stolberg replied that he thought he was more to do with him, and he had been fealty, bathe was very drunk 5 Cameron said aged to sleep in sampans and elsewhere, jo was drank, too; and Hill, that be was get food how he could. drunk ae not to remietmber anything about it, Inspector Srrrpuia ssid defendant and Wousmrr asked if it were possible to others of the crew of the Benefa factor haa given a great deal of trouble to the authority Since defendant had been out of prison, and some other men had been permitted to remanded the case till sleep in a cell at the Hongkew Police Station morning at ton o'clock, and directed but the defendant sometimes came in the to be issued for the appearance of worte for liquor, and one night was found to have brought ina bottle of spirits concealed in his hat. Sothe of the spirits being spilled, led Oct. 19th, to the discovery. The other men still came (Potsce) v, Jastes Jonpay, Station to sleep, and there was no ne-Drunkenness, defendant to sleep in the road.
Def with being druule in' Hongkew, on' Monday lant, an A.B, of the Elmstone, charged jard Labour for breaking the window, san he was at liberty to the afternoon, was da charged on payment of est here was no nest for ion of thw sentence, defortans to procure a night's lodging R, (Potice) v, Jouw Srouseno, Joux Case nex, Peren Hit, and Joux Stoney, aust be brought up agaly, to see what could be done for him.
Drunkenness and Wilful Damage The charges against the first three prisoners were heard on Monday, and a summons was (Pottce) Dave Ricuanns and Tioxas issued for the appearance of Storey. The Soorr. fncte of the case were fully reported in yeater-day's W.-C. Daily News.
The first defendant is an A.B. of the ship in Worsuze read the evidence over to Lauderdale; the second is boatswain of the Storey, and asked what he had to barque Himstone, Woth admitted being drank Storey replied that he was in company with on Sunday afternoon, in Hongkew, and were the other defendants, but did no damage to barged on payment of costs, $1.50 each. the sampan or other property of the com plainant, (Pottce) v, Jons Stouaeno, Jous Castznos, W. R. Kanzn depored—The defendant and Pere Hitt.
(Storey) was one of the four men who got the expan, He was standing
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