and v.'C, W. Lem, (Capta mary seaman belonging ar quo Oceania, appeared it charged him sulting the chief oticer of that teruel '29th instant, and the other with refusal was gone into fra that he truck the Jomx Marrmew Karsewors, depored—I an a German and mate of the Oceania, On Monday afternoon the defendant threw pi zee of bard wood batten, between five and ix feet in length, and an inch and a half thickness, at me, Ho aimed it at me bus it L was The only provocation I had ing him to turn to hie work, Ho used very language to me before ho threw the wood, Defoudunt—I have the barton at the com. plainant, but I never struck him, Ho had been constantly asking mo to turn to all day order to get me to refuse duty. £ had no clothes to tura to in, and L had told the Captain that I would do so if he would me worley to yet clothes with. I had unit, and they had got wet through in, did not mean to str batten when I threw reply to His Worsusr, defendant also the second charge, that of tofu of duty.
Jou Norquay, deposed—I am the captain Oceania, Last Friday, the defen xd to obey an order of mine, I told hi then that I did not wish to punish him and advised him to turn to, and be subsequently did a0, All went well till yesterday, when he came aft and ocked to be sent ashore he used very insolent and disgnating language, and I then told him to go forward and do his work, He refused to do so. That is the refusal of duty of which I now complain, I went to get a pair of irons to put on him, and he went forward. He did no work all day yesterday.
Dofeudaut—Ou Saturday I asked the Cap: tain for clothes and he refused to give me any. [told him could not tuan to without clothes, He said he would take me to sea whether I had clothes or not, On Monday I told him I would not work, but I did work afterwards. I have had nothing to eat since Monday night but biscuits full of maggots, such as the other men threw ov Hoard all the way coming up from Alhaay.
Captain Norquay, in reply to his Worsurr, said that he threatened to atop the dete daut's food last Friday, and gave the cook an order to that effect, which w mently countermanded,
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