seaman belongi ig to the was charged with being
Ofice and also. in. the offices of the Supreme language to some of the officials in the ring orderly, and sing obscene
Court, at eleven o'clock on Monday morning. He was given into custody at the same time, and had been locked up since. On being asked if he way drank when by miebebaved himself, he said he was not sober.
His Worsur find defendant $1, with costa, $1.50; and ordered him to return'to his ship, and beware of drink in fature, 1dth Nov.
(Chinese) v. Captain Txoxtas, Defendant, Captain of the steamer Foochow, was charged by Ah-dah and Ab-ching, quarter: masters of the vessel, with assaulting them on the 19th October last, while the vessel was at anchor off the Tsku bar.
Ab-ching's case was first taken; but defendant davied that that he assaulted either of the complainants, adding that the Foochow was not at the Taku bar on the 19th October <on that day she was steaming off the Shantung Promontory.
His V id that did not matter—the complainants might be mistaken in the English date, and if 20, it could be easily rectified, When was the vessel at the Taku bar?
Defendant replied on the 20th October.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.