The Archive · 1887

The Other Side of the Case

opt. Jases MorHy, master of the British ship Lennie Burrell, appesrod to summons taken out by Curnolius man who is Yor mutinous conduct and other charg Mr. Larmast appeared for the plaintiff, The plaintiff, Jenvis, deposed—After the occurrence on the 12th August, I was lucked up in the room called room abaft the mainmast.

sot 6i apace. ntilator coming up from the hold. Iliad to skim oil off the water before could drink it told Captain Murphy that the oil made me sick every time I ate, and he said he had nombre else to put me. I waskeptiu the roomn from 12th Auguat till 13th December when the slip a Shanghai, For the firataix days in the room I wasuvt allowed out at all.

Thou T was allowed out to After that L was allowed

A was not permitted to go for my food, three times For the first meek, the boatswain eud mate would wed out, from about 6 till 8'a.m. to up and down the main hi About the beginning of November I was allowed to atop on deck in the afternoon from 12 o'clock till 5 p.m. I have it all chalked down in the room, if the Ceptsin has not rubbed it out, From about the middle of October I was suffering from constipation gud the Captain gave me some-room in which he (Ji before, He did not mit but kept his clothos and ropes He alept on the hatch, What he objected to was the leaky ventilator which was turned the to draw the steam up oil to come into the room. When the boatswain had the room, the later was turned to the wind. not underatuud what he is talking about.

The Bexcu (to the witness)—Do not argue the matter, but The Carratw explained to his Worabip that the ventilator was a close built woode:

1 up from the hold to the upper oil wan amolt in every pact of complained about the smell ad the rout nid reason for incl him up was his mutiuoua conduct.

Dir. LarHaxt suggested that the defendant should show hie reason by cross-oxataine ing the complainant, but Captain Murphy refuted to ask Jervis any questions, The examination of the complainant by counsel was then proceeded with, He said—I was locked into the room all the except when I was oom, There was no window in little dead holes looking the atora room, the door of which was erally shut, Lhe only means of light 1 my room was through another dead deck, about a foot log and There was a thick scum of oil on my drinking water every and which came from the ventilawent down. that the room was well ventilated and had been pre-used as the hospital,

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