Joux Creicutox, a seaman of the Mongol, was charged with being drunk and assaulting the chief officer.
Mr. Wat, Gawrnonre stated:—I am chief officer of the steamer Mongol. The defendant and the other men who were in custody on Sunday came on bourd yesterday, and were making a great disturbance at the after fond upon defendant's shoulder, telling him to angway. 1 went to quiet them, and put my go forward. He struck me once, and made several other attempts to do so, but he was too drunk to do any harm. I put his head under the pump and pumped some water thon him to sober hit, and then sent him below to his bunk, but he was so noisy that I was obliged to send for a constable to take him out of the ship.
is Worsurr to Prisoner.—You were also one of the men before me on Monday, and you promised that you would not get drunk again, I shall send you to prison for three weeks, with hard labor, Drunk and Riotous, Axroxto Jou was charged with being and shouting in Hongkew Road, anc resisting the police in the execution of their daty.
Defendant had nothing to say, but that he was a Greek, and "no can speak English."
P. C. Nos. 30 and 18 having stated that defendant was very violent, and it appearing that defendant, in spite of his protestations to the contrary, did understand what was stated in evidence, His Worsmie sent him to pris seven days.
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