Defendant, a clerk, out of employment, appeared in answer to a summons charging him with assaulting the complain brothel, on the 23rd i The offence was admitted, and the defendant was ordered to pay s fine of $5 and costs, R, (Captain Ware) v, J. F, Hossay, Absent without leave, Defendant, an able seaman who had boon acting s a quartermaster on board the 0.8.8. Co,'s steamer Patroclus, was charged with being absent from his ship without lea Defendant admitted the offence, saying that he had been making efforts to get employment elsewhere.
captain Ware stated that ho had given the defendant $12 when ho applied to him for money. He bad previously promised Hussay that he would give him his discharge if he could improve sumstances, but had been obliged to withdraxg that promi veagel did not return to Shanghai man had left half pay in England, there would not be time to atop Defendant was ordered to pay costs and g0 on board at nine o'clock the next morning. ing at the door of his room, and he then the room, took a bamboo from bunk and struck me with it, while pother "boy "held myarme, After "sonia, wrested the bamboo from complainant, an atruck him on the head with i The chief engineer of the steamer said—I heard a noise at the '"boys'" room at the time referred to, and T was just opening my doo sce what was the matter, when a bucket went through the air pst my head. I saw two of the " boys" scuffling with the mate; one was holding him and the other was beat: ing him. 1 saw the complainant strike the defendant with stick or a bamboo; I could. not soo distinctly what it was, because thera was not much light, The third mate at last wrested the stick or bamboo from the complainant, and strack bim with it. The other boy" rau away when ho saw he was like to get beaten, I thought it was split bamboo that was used. I only saw one blow struck by fendant. YT had
four times before the row began, The culling te "boys" to get up three, or bucket that passed my from "boys?" room. The to be wrested from defendant, an: fell on ti Tid not interfere, because I saw the officer coming 'The second officer said he saw one Chinaman holding the defendant, and the com-Bid not seo defendant go into the boy plainant striking him with' bamboo,
room.
Complainant said that the defendant throw some water over him as ho was in his bunk, Defendant flatly denied doing ea. He did not go inside the room at all. Four or "boys" occupied the room, and complainant's bunk was the farthest of all from the door, A Manila quartermaster said ho heard noise in the "boys'" room and saw the defendant come out and set " bucket about half-fall of water down in front of the door, mant came out and throw what water room, phatically denied throwing 27th April.
Hussay was brought up this afternoon, charged with deserting from the Patroclus. Ho went ov board this tu in compliance with the order of the Uourt yesterday, but afterwards refused to do duty as an able soa-and had left the vessel.
Wonsmir directed that he should be sent to the steamer at Woosung, the agents ing the expense, which was to be stopped and comply and got the bamboo from under his bunk the Id by another boy; the defendant wrested the bam+ boo from the complainant, and struck him on the head with it. He should have dealt more severely the defendant if ho had not been assaulted by the complainant; as it was, ho should inflict a fine of $5 and costs, At Mr. sequent, i he should be put on board the two constables,
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