Charges of assault.
J. Ew1se, boiler maker on board the P. &0. Company's steamer Pekin, was summoned by Pascoal de Souza, engineers' mess servant on board that ship, for assaulting him. -Buglish, and. there. being no. interpreter Complainant appeared to be unable to speak Hindostanee at and, his Worship ssid he was placed in the difficulty of not being able to take his statement.
The Surgeon of the Pekin here stated that been subjected. If he was not on the when the complainant came to him with reship's articles, he could have been brought beference to the alleged assault, he spoke English fore the Court. He should not listen to the in a sufficiently intelligible manner, and there excuse that the complainant was drunk on was no doubt he could do so now, if he chose. the Sunday. On the Sunday neither of the His Wonsurp said that might be so, but he defendants did anything to him, when there speak English. He then certainly might have been more excuse for asked the complainant several ques! but riffing him; but they waited until the next failed to elicit an intelligible reply day, and then, by their own admission, they only muttering some indisti slapped him. ' He (his Worship) must set his Tanguage. His Worship therefore adjourned face against the ill-treatment of servants on the case for the attendance of an interpreter. board ship, and should fine Owing $5 and costs, and Hammett $3 and costs.
Huswrerr, second engineer of the PeLin, Complainant, through the interpreter, said was also summoned by the same complainant, ho was afraid to go back on board the' ship, for assaulting him on board that ship. but his Worship told him to go back directly, This case was likewise adjourned.
August 17th, August 15th.
Drunkenness.
The above cases were gone with to-day.
Joux McFaxtaxe, a seaman of the shu J, Ewrsc was summoned by Pascoal de Souza Kaisow, was charged with being drank a for assaulting him on board the P. & 0. Com-incapable at eleven o'clock on Saturday night, pany ip Pekin. The case had been in the Nankin Road. remanded for the attendance of an interpreter Aw Sax AH, a steersman on board the of Hindostanee, who was now present.
BP. &0. steamer Pekin, was charged with a Complainant deposed that he was engineers' similar offence in Bamboo Town, at seven mess servant on board the Pekin. On Mono'clock on Sunday evening. day, the 10th instant, the defendant, who is Both men were cautioned, discharged, and the boiler-anaker of the ship, took two flower-ordered back to their ships. pots into the room, and one of them was after-Cuares Marrzt, Joseeu Borne, & Josern wards broken. He (complainant) had occasion Rexe, seamen of the Borealis, were sent to to go into the same room and the defendant court from the French police office, struck him on the face four times; he also god with being drunk and disorderly, and kicked him and wore at him. 'The defendant ig the police. was dressing himself, and he had taken him 'Martel and Borro were dismissed, and Rene some coffee. He did not know why the de-sentenced to three days' imprisonment, fendant assaulted hit Defendant said that on the day previous, Before G. Jawresox, Esq., Sunday, the complainant was drunk on board Assault on Board Ship. the ship. He was in charge of the cabin, and A. Frexcn, chief officer of the was thought he had been drinking the grog Killarney, was summoned by W. Fraser, there, A bottle which had contained about seaman on board the same vessel, for assault" a quarter of a pint of brandy, was found ing him on Thursday last. empty. Complainant was also in a very dirty defendant admitted that he pushed the state all day, and had besides broken one of complainant, under the great provocation of a pair of vases belonging to him. On Mon-hia using bad language towards him and day morning, he asked complainant if otherwise misbehaving, drank the grog, and he replied that he had Plaintiff deposed that on his return on not, and that some one else must have gone board from the Police Court, where he and into the cabin and drunk it. He was very rs had been concerned in a cas boat-insolent, and put his face close to defendant's, swain came to them on the forecastle and for which he gave him two or three slaps, but ordered them to go to work. The defendant did nothing more to him. also came up, and told them to turn to. He Complainant admitted being drunk on the (complainant) said, "This man (meaning thi Sunday, but denied breaking one of the vases.
Doatswain) will not give us time to shift Defendant hurt him a good cal, and he was ourselves." The defendant used a bad word, to go to the doctor. and told them to goand shift. They wont below to change their clothes, and on coming was then similarly charged by the complainant, Haxaterr second engineer of the Pekin, on deck again, the defendant began upon com-Defendant admitted that he boxed the plainant the second time, and asked him to complainant's ears two or three times, for strike him, He refused to do so, and the de-attending the mess table in a personally dirty fendant than hit him on the forehead, the back condition on the Sunday. He asked him of the head, and the chest, the last blow knookwhy he was so dirty ona Sunday, and he re-ing him down on the deck. He (complainant) lied it was because he had too much work to who had given him no. provocation, for all lo. The fact was he was drunk. He told this, is asked leave to go on shore, "to get him to go away, and come back when sober. ice," but the captain refused leave, and He had heard the complainant had taken the should go when he thought proper. engineer's grog, and on Monday morning Complainant then went towards the ship's asked him if he had taken it. He replied in side to get into a samy when the defendant an impudent manner that he had not, that he got his liquor from the shore, and did not ged hi back again, threw him down on jock, pressed his Kuee on his chest and want his (defendant's) grog or theirs—mean-then bad irons put on him. He was kept in ing the engineers' and boiler makers'. De-irons about two hours, when he was released fendant then slapped him and pushed him out and told to go to his duty. He refused to do of the cable. any work, and wanted to come ashore to see Complainant deposed that Hammett struck, the Magistrate, but was again refused leave. kicked, and threw him down, He went to He recommenced duty on Friday morning. the chief engineer and complained about it.
Defendant's version of the affair was that It was after he had taken out the summonses when the men returned on board from the that he went to the doctor.
Police Court, he told them to go forward, The chief engineer stated that the comand get shifted. The remark was made by plainant complained to him that he had been one of them, "Oh—give us time to get on struck by the boiler maker and the second board." The complainant also made some engineer. He was then half drank." Wit-remark, which he did not hear. He (defendness told him to go away, and, afterwards, to ant) called him back, and asked him if that go to the doctor. That was on the Monday, was a proper way to speak to the chief officer. and on Wednesday ho found that the com-Complainant then called him bad names, plsizant had not been tothe doctor, to whom which excited him, and the complainant then took him.
Followed it up by saying the language he used The doctor said he examined the complain was good enough for such a—ship as this." ant, but found no trace of injury. There was no. reason why he should not have gone back Defendant then ashe him, and he went inst the round house, but did not fall on to his duty. the deck. Complainant then ran to the His Worsarr, in summing up the cases, rigging to get a belaying pin, but the captain said to both the defendants, that the law di had just come on deck and ordered him to not permit them to cuff their servants in be put in irons to keep him quiet. He did this way. If servants got drunk, they might not knock the complainant down nor put his be summoned;—if they were dirty or insolent knee on his chest. they should be dismissed. If the complainant Tuomas Birt and Mrcnaen Macutee, was on the articles of the ship, doubtless seamen of the Killarney, were called as wit: there was some punishment therein pro-nesses for the complainant, and corroborated vided to which he might properly have his statement in every particular.
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