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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Case No. 14,241.
    TURBETT v. DUNLEVY.
    District Court. E. D. Pennsylvania.
    1848.
    Carriers— Passengers — Authority of Master of Vessel — Personae Indignities.
    The mastei of a vessel has a general authority over the passengers, as well as the crew; and if a passenger so demean himself as to endanger the safety or convenience of others on board, the master may control him; but It is a marine trespass for the master to shave the head of a stowaway on board his vessel, for the mere purpose of putting a mark upon him.
    [See Krauskopp v. Ames, Case No. 7,931.]
    [Decided by KANE. District Judge. Nowhere reported: opinion not now accessible. The above statement was taken from 1 Brightly, Dig. 802.]
    TURLEY (UNITED STATES v.). See Case No. 16,546