R. v. Sure, Oliver Smith (27), A.B. on board the sailing vessel Dayli: lit, was charged on remand with wounding James Wil ox, chief atticer of the Daylizht, by stabbing him with a knife, with intent to do grievous bed Ly harm, on the Sth October, The first witness called on this occasion Alan Johnson wh am see.nd mate on heart the Daylight. Tha nut yet Leen signed off the si articles, but I have be-n on shire since Wedneslay. Alont seven "clock on the morning of the 5th October I was stan jbr the mizzen n on th" port sile, Hooking away from she vessel across the Hduck, when I heard a cis forward snd on oner wits the jar. Tran forward [and ex hold of prisoner, pulli-g him off the mate. I suw he had a knife in his right hand, so T caught hold of hi [worth with my right Fand and when Tdi that he jerked the knife over the rail i the wat-r, The mate then tid been stabbed in the hip. He ws ying his back over the spar. I took kuni and brought him out to his room. He walked Jong. I took down his clothe: where the sound was, and he showed m- the wound, whic wes bleeding quite-ireely. The mate sent me for the captain who was just coming -ut of his cabin. The captain went into th-m_t-'s r-om and sent me across to Shangha' for a police officer.
By the Magis: rae—The captain w+s not on deck when I first heard the row. What Tactually saw take place before the row four apprentices ewrying a sailor forward who had been aft. [have no reason to belove prisoner harboured ill will ayainst th" mete previously, buat the moment I we ¢ forward he was in a crest passion, T may say that previous to this occurrence prisoner was one of the quietest and best behaved nen on board the ship. When I went forward he had the mute over the spar and seemed to want to strike him with his right hand in which he hal the knife. Leannot say whether the blow wa: given before or after T went forward. 1 did not have any s'rusgle with prisoner myself. T merely pulled him away from the ware. Tt must have been before T got there that the blow with the knife was ness.
The complainant in the case, James Wil'ox, was now present to give evidence. He said: I am first officer on board the Daylight. The first of this achs x happened about seven o'clock in the morning, There was on boar a sailor whose name T don't know, We called him Frenchie he was " Frenchman, On this morning he scentd to he under the influence of liquor and was loafing around the cxptain's cabin door, a plice where he had no right tobe, Lordered him away on several occasions, but he declined t" yo. While I was in conversion with the Chinese stevedore this man "Frenchie" slipped into the cabin, unknows tome, The first know of this was when I heard the captain inst-lo the cabin ord ring the man to go wut, On hearing this I went into the evbin, took hold of Frenchie by the "rin, and gently shoved him out towards the door. Wren he was out on deck he wes so help-sly drunk he could not stand on his feet, hut fell down. helped him up a second time, hut_as soon as let him 40 he fell down assam, ard in so doing he struck cither Ins nose 0 his chee bone against the deck, causing it to ble-d. There were four or tive apprentices standing close by at the time and I told these boys to lift the man up and carry him along and put him into his bunk. Th e"ptain, who was looking on ar the time, told the hoys to do the same thins. The man was still bleed-little from the nose or eh ok bone, and as they were carrying him al ug a fow ets ut bland fell on deck on the track, Some few smutes after this, it might be 10 minutes or it might be'l5, T to-k a broom and went along to sweep hose puts of blow! off. When Tvot the main r gsi T thought I saw a top: end hanging the ship's side, On looking over the ship' side to see whit this seve's end was, ye mea punch in the st. When I turned rowsd T saw prisoner standing behind me, He the remark, What for you strike my ud?" or words to that effect, At this Twas in a sort of reclining' position, hat. sitting on as ith my back leaning up against the bul aks, mad several blows. ay me which parried with my band. Ido not know what time the knife was drawn but the firs' thing ow was that was stabbed in the hip, and when Llooke! towards the pr soner's hand I uld see the blade of a knife. He made sev aps to strike me with the knife at, but L managed to catch tue Vows x" hey: cama.-own, and 69 saved myself. At the sane time I was shouting to the cook, who was standing in the galley door, to knock the knife out of
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