The Archive · 1927

Not Min Mut The Liquor

Defendant said that he had no animosity against Mr. Lyzes. and! "could not understand what induced Uhiny to agpault the offices. We did not remember anything out ity as!deceased from West Hongkew Polizelelaimed that the valve of the prow he was drunk at the time. "It vas'

Rot me: it was the liquor. I would not have done it otherwise and Mr.

Lynes knows that. We are old ship-

Capt. E. C. Bulkeley, the Master, Station to lady got for some fdecearsd. After she left he heard jo shot and saw deceased with wound in his head and a pistol in that the: policy was forfeited by tthe plaintiff on account of false and fraudulent claims made by plaintiff '88 to his Josses and that plaintiff? said that the defendant had bee written claim of lors had not been on the ship three months. He had Dr. A. D, Wall said that death {submitted to defendant within 15 caused trouble before and as soon as was the result of a bullet wound Idays' from date of the fire, he boarded the ship at Liverpool he and was practically instantancot.

His Honour considered that there started fighting with the cacks and Me considered the wound to be self were three issues: 1. Reasonable stewards. He frequently zat drunk:. worth and value of the property In Yokohama he stole some chin Det-Inspr. Yorke said that in-destroyed; 2. Question of facts 18 and witness saved him from gaol quiries had revealed that, during the to whether a forfeiture was jconvcrsation in the car, the lady. [established by reason of false and broke off 2 marriage engagement, fraudulent claims; 3. The question as repeatedly had happened, he had She several times previously had lof Inw referring to the notice la broken broken his promise and, 23} threatened to do so. Deceased rewriting, witness anticipated further trouble, plied that she would hear some-Referring to the question of he had told the Shipping Vieething that night that would shock forfeiture his Honour held that the Consul that he did not want defend-her. Witness was not aware {lat Jelaims of loss and damage which ant back on the ship. idccenved had any financial trouble Plaintiff made and presented to de-Defendant said that the Captain, The Coroner found that ths: fendant were in no respect fraudule the Chief Officer and the Chief! deceased committed suicide whilst ent and that no intentionally false Engineer had made up their nnd: temporarily of unsound mind. lis jor fraudulent declaration was cone to get him off the ship, as they did tained therein, and yuled against nat want him. There had been sent defendant on this. point, "It was with very much regret argument about his pay and he was that I first heard of the death After considering at length the required to do work thet was not.

Sub-Inspr. Douglas. I knew hi ess and damage sustained through his cancer Tiere had been a lot quite well and I have met him many. the destruction of the building, of animosity. limes officially. T was well aware! furniture and fixtures, his Honout The Fighting Man jof his merit as a police offie: r and laced the value of these three T appreciated his very pleasant items at Tis, 7,000. The Judge held 'The Captain suid there was no personality. We know he did. hiv that the legal defect of the corns animosity. Defendant had a hal of bursting into the officers' rooms duty during the war, joining up at plaint was properly and legally very carly age. He was a very anended and found for plaintiff

am Duffey! Tam Duffey the fighting and demanding things, saying: young man, with fine prospects the sum of Tls, 7,000, together with before him and it is wary depressing: interest at 6 per cent, from April mat" Naturally, therefore, they! to think that he terminated his lif"

5, 126 to the date of judgement, had not much use for him. jin this manner in a sudden fit of amounting to a total of Tis, 7,315, The Reristrar—It isa hard] world, we know, Duffey, but you seem to have made yourself unpleasant. There must be discipline on

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