The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-03-26 00:00:00

WAREHAM
A MUTINOUS CREW.
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At the Town hall on I ue• ..y a•t room, Danis' Riley.
mats, aril Polar _Voisin, Mist Mosysa a ati /Weird
se Hopparty vote •iu 0 nerd t . chip ' True,- of T.yer•
14111, ne.e brought up in cue. ty before the g or
11-tin and Mr. ti H Bond, charged under the 143-d section
„r the movehaot haioping wittl 11.4.1111114 Henry
peers.° Colenten, the otta..ter of the voesel„ at 9 uilland,
on the 16th of March. also with wilfully damns/mg the
cabin of the ship to the extent of .CI Ist There wet •
third cherze w,mo•t the prieoners “te•ling a purse, con-
taining £210.. from the whip the following day, but this
was withdrawn by the solici,or for the prosecution, and
the other two charges were hear i together.
Mr. H. T. Trevenion, of Poole, prosecuted; Mr. F.
! Travers, of Poole, defended.
Captain Coleman said he engaged the defendants in
Loud. in on Owl Ili of February, and read over the articles
to them, hefors they signed them. 1 ley was mots,
Nolan was an able seaman, and Moqm and Haggerty
were ordinary seamen. He started from hoodoo with •
crew of eight, and p titt ~if iioe at P. 1,1, Ho arrived at
Poole on the 7th of K oeh. and On the lid, the ship was
lying at the pier at Branksed Island. Oa that day be
paid Nolan CI and the other three tuirliter. 10, e rb on
account of them war.. He went to lied to his caldn,
which woe quit. distinct from the tuate'lkat half.pisd nine
o'clock that Mehl., and dl the prisoners were on shore at
the time Aboit half-past 10 be was awoke by the me'•
Polling him out of bed and challengsng him to aght He
(+imam) eras perfectly oder. He persuaded the mate to
so to bed, but could not get him out of his cabin. He then
ordered him to go on deck, onl he went. He looked out
of the comp union door and saw the prisoners aft, although
they ought thane been in the forecasUe, He asked the
other prisoners to take the mate forward, se he was
drunk. They said there wee no place for him to sleep
there and he then handed up the mate's bed and bid-
clothes. Ile three seamen said if he did sot let the mats
comedown in hi, cabin they would 0.01110 down, and he
earned them not to do so. lie went into hui cabin, and
as soon as he had pat on his trouser* and boots the three
rumen rushed into his cabin and attacked hint Nolan
And Marian tried to grapple with him, and he noised
the poker to defend hitneelf. Haggerty had an iron biz
in big hand, a fearful struggle ensued, ant he wee struck
in severel places with the woo Isar by Hy. grarty. He was
struck on the loins, thigh, shoulders, and chest, and he
had aince shown the marks to Captain Toher. Morgan
and Nolan struck him with their data. His cabin mid
berth were knocked all to pieces, and the damson was
about £1 10a. A lel named leery, who was not cherged,
was In the cabin with the priaoners, and held him by the
legs and pulled od his boota. The mate was very drunk,
and all the others were three pert& drunk. He forced his
way on deck, struggling particulary with Morgan. He
afterwards went into hia cabin and loaded • ride and
jumped into • boat and rowed to Poole, where he
arrived at half past twelve. He found he was in the
wrong jurisdiction. He called on the captain of another
ship, and ha and three of his crew went back with hint to
• Breekese. When begot on board he found his bed and
bedclothes in the middle of the Main cabin and his cabin
completely rensacked. He placed some food on deck for the
men, sad fastened the .kylight and locked the companion
door. He then went to Wareham and comtnunicated
with the police. He went beck to the ship in the after-
noon and found the skylight broken open and a pans of
gime smutted Up to the time of hie attempting to pull
biro out if hied he bad been cia teat term, with the mat-,
in fact he would not sash to sail on better Lerma with
anyooe. On the 11th of Fielhusry he told Morgan to go
to the wheel, a• he wanted to take • hearing, and he
challenged him to fight. Nolan refused duty to Shield.,
and he *tiered to pay hint off on the 1111.11 of February.
Haggerty refuaed dot, at the same time Hews. in feu-
al his lite at the time of the assault, and the treatment
he received -mom Bel him to gii to • doctor. When the
Prisoner. were in hie cabin Morgan mid We'll Ave it
to the now. The whole alt kir tuned about an hour.
Croseemonined by Mr. Travers: When the mate came
into his cabin he did not make a rem irk about hie hiving
threatened to kill hi-s. He hI not tube up any weapon
wilisn the nista was in his cabin_ Riley challenged hi,
t• fight after be left hie cabin. —lt •-eiatained by Mr.
Trevanion: The In tie hit oupl *Mei Ii hug that he
never ulled with each • NW ClNaw in hi, life.
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ward &nary. one of the ship'a lad& hew., as
shore with the praoners at Sensitised on Saturday night.
They came on how I about half pest 10, and the mat- was
drunk. The other rirts-ners and lemma were "rather
froeh." Hs beard the mate alibiing out in the captain's
reign. He war aft with the crew. and when they went
down into the cable he went with them. Haggerty had
what looked'hko • piece of iron in his hand. The captain
had • poker in hia band, trying to drive them out. He
(eateries) tried to take down a Mt, and he aim held the
ventelne WU and pulled oil hie boot& CI the time ses.
man were pitching into the captain —Ccree-steiniaed by
Mr ?raven: Wimt the motels, had in his hand was •
believing pia. He law the captain', bed dragged iato the
main cabin.
Captain Tobin, of the " Competitor," now lying at
Paolo, said Cain Coleman Treated him on Sandal,
meroinc in • very excited ststa. He and three of his men
went to Bream& to protest tbo pro-ecutor and his
property. lie toned proiiecuee's cabin in a vary dis-
ordered state, and the odes of hid berth were torn down,
and the woodwork broken into short pi-ces, lie had
since examined the prosecutor, and saw marks of blows on
his Wins, cheat, and thigh
hr. Travers, in addreming the Bench for the defence,
mid previews to this there lied been disturbances het wean
the men and the captain. Whilst on shore on Saturday
night the mate was told that the captain had thremesed
to .boot him. and on the mate going into the cabin to swk
hies about trus the imeteLa. who was reeding, at mice
stacked him with • honeying pia eel drove bun on dock.
The men went dawn to tail sway the honeying pis
from the captain, and in the • ruggle that followed be did
tiot gesatioe that the datums wag done. He contended
that there ass not sufllcient • widener to Josef, the tangle
trate' in committing the pinwiDen for es Were an offence
or that with which they wore charged.
Tbe Bench sentenced each of the pre niers to six weeks
herd 1,140ur for asimulting as captain, and ordered 115..,
to to oodotiod Irmo UN to oath Of the Wee
seaman to cover the d&usage to the cabin.

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