Defendant, who is Master of the British ship Endymion, was summoned for havin employed a berton as first mate on board his ship, in London, on the 27th April last, knowing at the time thab the said person was not entitled to act in auch capacity, thereby infringing the 136th Section of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, Defendant admitted the offence.
Worsmir asked whether ho pleaded guilty to having knowingly broken the law Defendant said he did not know at the that he was doing wrong, but he had since Jooked up the Act and found that he had committed an offence; and he would plead guilty, and throw himself on the leniency of the Court.
His Wonsurr asked defendant to explain why he employed a person as mate who was not entitled to act in that capacity.
Defendant explained that it was agreed among themselves that a man who held a first mate's certificate should ship and be entered on the articles as first but be was to do second mate's and receive second mate's pay; and the man who shipped and signed the articles second mate, held an only mate's certificate, and was to act as chief mate, This was an amicable arrangement.
His Wonsaie wanted to know what was squared up to him and fendant was under the Prisoner admitted self, and said it was had taken, He was sorry for what had occurred.
His Worsutr ordered him to pay a fine of $10 on the cases, and the costs.
Captain Williams expressed a wish for defendant to be discharged the ship, and in return defendant said he should like his discharge. It was thus mutually arranged that defendant should leave the ship.
23rd Feb.
R.v. J. F. Brows, Defendant, who had penter on board th ander, was brought Ep la custody charged with deserting from that vessel,—It appeared that be signed articles on the 16th instant, and that the ship sailed on the 19th, without a carpenter, for England, it not being. possible to procure another carpenter. Ist addition to deser from the vessel, defendant had received 10s. advance of wags, the loss of which will fall on Mr. Bowen., Mr. Tarp, Registrar of Shipping, bad warned the defendant as to the necessity of his going on board early, and it further appeared that the captain kept the ship waiting twelve hours for defendant.
Defendant said the Captain told him to go on board at eight o'clock ov Monday morning, ud that the ship would not not leave till Wednesday. He got drank on Sunday, and the defendant's object in regard to such an, did not get sober fill Friday, on which day, MIXED COURT, Shanghai, 25th Feb, Before the Chinese Magistrate Cox, and Ganpsen, Esq., British Asse sor, A.case w warning to honseholders not to permit their boys to introduce strangers as temporary helps during abi or otherwise, came on for hearing towday, appeared that the regularly-engaged boy in the service of " foreigner went home for a few days, and pat in his place another hoy, who necessarily becrime acquainted with the premises and the ways of the occupants, All appeared to go on right until the regular hoy returned, but this boy, it appears, has been in the habit of leaving the house frequently at night. The result was that about tivo o'eluek one morning last week, the master of the +stablishment was awakened by a noise in the dining room, He at once proceeiied there, and discovered the boy who had been temporarily engaged, in the act of deavouring to force open the drawer of a sideboard in which he knew was kept a number of portable and valuable articles, Not having been able to prise open the drawer from the front, he had drawn the sideboard from the wall and was ondeavouring to force it open from the back, when he was discovered. He immediately sought safety in flight, but was pursued, and after a sharp struggle up and down," was captured and handed over to the Police—Chéu sentenced him to nine months' hard labour,
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