Shanghai, 24th Deo. Before D, H. Barey, Esq., Consul-General, sitting as Judge.
U.S. (Captain Eowix Mariews) v, Ton members of the crow of the ship Regent. Refusing to Proceed to Sea and Disobedience of Orders, ship Regent, which is now lyi Peay €3 proceed to Dura aid York or Boston, were brought up charged with refusing to proceed with wilful and continued the officers' orders, Thi Brantob, F. Reuberg, Longuist, H. Johnson, Mart Christensen, Peter Rogers, and John Eakold, ied that they were not, on all refuse. orders. I gave them biscuits three times a day while they were on board, The Count, reading from pointed out to the defendant agreed to make a passage from New York and back again; and asked them if they still refused to comply with their conto do duty and comply it. They made some compl:
and he told them at the time
an officer of the ship hat he could wot enter tal is plaint, He told the carps ter that if an officer of the vessel joined the he would order a survey to be But an officer bad not joined in th and, therefore, he could not enter He might say that he was of the alter taking all the circumstan that ther was the second time they had fore him, and be was satisfied the shi
their part. 'They' had conceived. some. feel-was simply a piece of pi the condition
ing of hostility towards the officers of the Vessel, and they had evidently agreed among themselves that they would not go in the hip. It was plainly a piece of business their part, for which he did not there was any reason ents they showed no lawful reason for not abiding by their agreement, Pecha they did mot get along well with ti officers, but no abuse lid been shown perhaps there were words used that were aot pleasant, bub that was not a lawful reason on which he could act to discharge them from the ship. They must go in the ship unless they could be lawfully and they could not be Iawfully di unless by exacting Chines niente wages from the stain; and he did not think he would occurred at about eight o'clock last Sat day 'A brother of one of rf one of the cells in which pri tral Station succeeded in
five convicts were confined. With this implement one of the bars was sawed through, and the escape effected. Four of the vices were under a sentence of two years each in the chain-gang, and the fifth one was under a sentence of one One of the convicts was shortly after wa ured, together with the bey who bad passed the saw into the cell, and both of them were now the Court. The recaptured 200 blows, and ordered to serve out his original sentence, while the boy was locked up pending the arrest of the other four jail-breakers, who will doubtless soon be found, 29th December, Before the Chinese Maj
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