Carxey, seamen on the Wass Taxnzy, Jouw fave, Wa
put turward charged, by Captain Murphy with refusal of duty. The accused admitted that they refused duty and said that when they went aft to complain. of the beef and pork, the Captain bullied them. His reply to the complaint was that they were causing and that the meat was good enough and he was as good aman as any of them, therefore it was quite good enough for them, They asked to be allowed to go ashore to seo the Consul, but the Captain would not allow them.
The Captain was aworn and said that the beef was good enough for anyone to eat, but when the men complained of it, he bought afresh arock of beef and pork in order that there should be no compl: He admitted that the first beef was not good, but the defendants refused to go in the ship at any cost.
The focused Healy said that the old beet was ao bad that they had to pass it out on deck, when it came forward to be cooked, on account of th The Captain ly to the Bench said Drought the old beef from New of the beef Stu The accused said that they bea got none party. He therefore ills survey was taken. the beef should be boiled by the roed that" pice of
Ju reply to is Worship tie Pakich would journed till Fri y, the men being ordered to go back to ship. Th dant Kane-—Mr. Jamiewon, 1 iis Woastie-—Oh, T know you of old, I have made your acquaintance before. You will go back to your ship.
SHANGHAT"-ING A SEAMAN, Captain Monray was then put forward to answer a summons taken out against him by Mr. Brown, Vice-Couaul, for con-mention of Sec. 160. of "Merchant Articles pro-pony signed before the authorities of the P°Htis Wonsure explained the untrue of ort,
the offence, for which the defendant was linble to a penalty not exceeding £20.
The defendant aald that it was the custom in England, and in every other country, to ship a man on board if the vessel was shorthanded after articles had been signed, if it he matter woul have been discovered only that the Articles had to be sent b in the other case. He believed wer somewhat aggravated.
Pareick GRANT was sworn and said that he was drunk at the time, and did not know how he was shipped. He was insensible when he was taken on board. He had been stopping at the Mariners Home, kept by a mau named Bennett, He was told'that it was on Sunday that he was brought on board. It was on Monday that he first found himself on board and was then sick and fe 1. The soce told him to go forward But he was too sick and weak to do He got nothing to eat for four day was not his wish to be on buard perfectly willing to join, perfectly straight into th capi pen in signing the Article he could not write.
Joun Hzary, awan brought on board on Sunday morning in sampan, stupidly drunk, He fell off the on which he was sitting and dropped asleep immediately, He was. sick over id that the Captain not only shipped the man illegally, but shipped him when he was in a condition in which he id not be shipped before the Qovsul. Ho did not support that he m
of $10, rong the nav, but he would inflict " "ne 4th April. MORE OF THE LENNIE BURRILL, A number of summonses and eross sum:
arising out of a free fight which Jace opposite the Star public house in Hongkem, on Fridwy shortly after no i row of the ni Burrill and some his head bandaged this men Byrne met. public house and id—Aftor your board on Friday opposite the Star ied me out from aly you son meaning by that k Byrne who was coming club which he got thea taken from hin, the: time Byrne was striking me with the club Cap: tain Edgett of the Hugarstown who wus it'to him. God—you." T don't' know standing by aang out give it to him, give why, but I thought it wae a made-up plan. Tkuew Byrne before, I don't know why he wanted to strike me I never had aug row with him, or said a word to him while I was on shore about the Lennie Bursill exse, We tried to break our way back to make a report to the Consul, but we could not force our way through the crowd: of captains, mates, and stewards, who stood in our way striking us with sticks, and umbrellas, Afterwards two Sikh, policemen ay and I reported, it'at
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