The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-05-22 00:00:00

ASSAULT AT SEA.

On Monday lest, before Dr Drew. Mr. It. Hopkins, and
Mr. T. Abbott, lirichtlo Bradlick, an Austrian sailor, was
brought up for assaulting Captain Duncan. of the
schooner Hind, at sea, on May 9th, and attempting to
throw him overboard ; also for continued disobedience to
the lawful orders of the captain. He W&S also charged
with assaulting Robert Ashford, steward—The captain,
through an interpreter. Andrew de barn, said that his
vessel was now Icing in Weymouth harbour; he had just
returned from Marseilles and Gibraltar, the ship being
laden with wine, and this was the first port they put into.
lie shipped the prisoner in Gibraltar as an A. 8., on April
10th, and they sailed on the 3rd of May. His conduct
generally bad been very had during the voyage, he having
been violent, insubordinate, insolent, and mutinous. He
had refused duty on every occasion and but from fear, he
would have done nothing. On the Bth of May, at noon,
he had his dinner given him at the galley, alter which he
came on deck with a drawn knife, and flourished it over
the steward's heed, threatening to cut his throat, and
witness believed he would have done it, had not the crew
interfered. The mate went between them, and witness
stood ready. Prisoner's only reason for threatening the
steward was because his dinner was not well cooked. His
temper was more like that of • fiend than of a human
being. He was quickly put below; but on the ilth May
the watch was called as usual at 4 am.; but the prisoner
did not come to make sail with the rest of the crew.
Witness called him on deck, and after calling them pigs
and infamous names, prisoner calb.e up, nulled off his
coat, took hold of him, and pushed him against the tore-
rigging, but the crew came to his assistance, and he
was ultimately secured. He made • noise, resisted, and
motioned to two foreigners on deck to come and assist
him. His conduct was very violent throughout, and
o itness believed that if the crew had not &misted, prisoner
would have thrown him overhoird. At first they could
not put hire in irons, as they wanted him, but he was
afterwards put in irons, and kept in irons for the rest of
the voyage, for the safety of himself and crew, ship and
cargo. Prisoner was very friendly with the Sicilians: but
he waa against all the British. After he was confined, he
was very violent, and tried to twist off his irons, and one
day he made a rush for the forecastle, when ther were
giving him food, and broke out. When they arrived in
Weymouth Harbour, witness, glad to get rid of him,
handed him over to the police. 'Prisoner was more like •
madman or a wild heart, than a man, and his antecedents
were bad so far that he was out of a ship at Gibraltar for
mutiny.—De Lars then interpreted the evidenee to
prisoner, who said the meat was not done, and the blood
was coming out of it—By Mr. Arden, in answer to the
prisoner's assertions, the captain admitted having sent for
the revolver, and struck him over the head, but only in
self-defence, he bore with prisoner as long as he could.
Had been a captain many years, and never abused his
power. The revolver was not loaded till afterwards.
When prisoner was confined in irons, as he had tried to
break out, witness loaded his revolver for his own safety.
Prisoner stated through the interpreter that the captain
called him on deck at four o'clock in the morning. He
said he shipped on board this ship to got. Weymouth, and
thence to Bristol, and back again, but the first time they
went to Gilxaltar, the captain gave him no butter, no
cheese, and no nourishment—The captain said prisoner
had the same am the rest of the men, until he was put in
irons. Prisoner threw some of the butter overboard.—
Prisoner sail the captain did not give him the proper
allowance—The captain returned that prisoner had the
same as the rest of the men, and the diet was over the
regulation scale. —Francis Mailman, mate of the Hint,
said prisoner had no quarrel with any one on board, the
only cause for his quarrelling was his bad temper.
Prisoner got the same rations as the rest, there waa
nothing the matter with the preserved meat, and some
Italians there were satisfied. The prisoner the day before
had made motions of drawing his hand across his throat
—Prisoner said the mate would hold on with the captain,
and try to make them work night and day: but hid
regular hours were four hours in and four out—The mate
said the prisoner had as much rest as the other men, he
was only called out of his bed, to shorten sail, which was
necessary. All the rest of the erevr were satisfied.—
Prisoner mid those who were on the captain's side had
their proper rest: but thaw on the mate's side were
always at work.—An Italian sailor was called He said
the captain had treated the men kindly, and they had
their amount of rest. The batter was rather short: but
they had their proper amount of meat. The witness did
not see anything of the struule ; he was at the wheeL—
Prisoner's defence was that they were some men abort in
the crew, that they worked too hard, and that the captain
struck him with the revolver—The magistrates, through
the interpreter, Andrew de Lain, told prisoner he had
been guilty of a very 'erica, offence in resisting the
captain. and • still more serious offence in flourishing a
knife. Considering that ha was a foreigner they would
sentence him to two mouth% herd labour in Dorchester
gaol, and had he not been &krUper they would have
vanished him still men sarrody. De Lam the interpre-
ter, waa awarded lOs.

GOSSIP OP THE MUM
"A boat, sir, want • boatr is • refreshing sound to the
blooming Leases and stalwertmen who come from the in-
land to dissipate a short wesik at Dorset-super-Mare with
their fathom lovers, brothers, and rousins in the Cavalry.
Bilk AN • word in the ear of the Okefords and the
Wbstartsernefs—• boat is not quite so sensible us horn,
and when you do • ride ow the briny take care to
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