The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-11 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION -ROUSE.

Captain Amlett,7l;nasier and part owner of the steam
ship Helenas, attended before Al&rman ROSIN to an-
ewer the complaint of Thomas Nox, • seaman on
board the vessel, of not having paid him the sum of
51. is. Bd., the amount of wages to which he was entitled
for his services on board the nasal.
Mr. Hubert Wood appeared in support of the complaint.
It appeared from the statement of the complainant shot he
ship pa on board the Helena as able seaman on the 9th of
October, on • voyage to Malta and other parts of the
Mediterranean. They arrived at Malta on the Ist of
November. and they were kept working for thirty-three
hours, with only an interval of tight hours rest, and he
and the rest of the crew ware "growling" in consequence;
but he said this did not mean anything, and sailors could
not work without growling. (A laugh.) The moment the
defendant heard what was going on, he said that he rushed
at him, and seised him, and ordered him to be put io irons,
and from that time he would not allow him to do any
work until the vessel arrived in England, sort he was then
discharged. and no wages were paid bim from the time
he was put in irons until he wee discharged. He was quite
ready and willing to work, but the defendant would not
allow him to do so. . . . .

The defendant, in answer to the complaint, said that it
was actually necessary to unload the vessel when she ar-
rived at Malta, but the men were paid for overtime when
they were so employed. The complaieaat wee grumbling,
and swore at him, and refused to go on with his work, and
he pushed him on one side, and ordered bim to be put in
irons, as he was afraid that his example would be followed
by the rest of the crew, and at this time the vessel was
hardly made fast in the harbour. He considered that under
these circumstances he was justified in refusing to pay
the complainant the balance of the wit‘ee to which he
would have been entitled if be had performed his duty
properly.
Alderman Rare said it appeared to him that upon the
defendant's own showing he had no answer to the claim.
The vessel wee in port, and if the complainant had mis-
oondueted himself, be should have taken him ashore
and had him punished. Instead of doing this he had
taken the law into his own hands, and had thought proper
not to allow the complainant to work on board the vessel,
and he considered that he was entitled to the amount he
claimed. He also male an order for the payment of costa.
The amount was paid.
Thomas Woods, the porter who war charged with ob-
taining a quantity of silk merge, value 301., from Mann.
Welidon and Co., and Messrs. Arden and Co., warehouse.
men in the City, by pretendief falsely that he had been
sent for the property by some hems with whom they did
business, was brought up for final examination.
Mr. Weatherbead, from the office of Mr. Beard, attended
for the prisoner.
The facts were fully stated in the first examination, and
additional evidence was now brought forward to show
that the signatures in the books of the prosecutors were in
the handwriting of the prisoner.
He was fully committed for triaL
SOUTHWARK.. _ _ _ -

George Thornton, ahriciii;yerwri brought up for fined
examination, charged with stabbing Harriet Gressell in
the eye with a penknife. in the Lilliput Hall Term, Ser.
mondsey.
The proseentrix, whose left eve was bandaged up, said
that on the evening of the 3rd inst. she entered the tavern
in question with another young woman to partake of re.
frakment, and while standing at the her the prisoner eamo
in, and, without any previous knowledge of her, began to
abuse her. She remonstrated with him, when he made see
of a vulgar expression and caught her by the arm and
tweed her round, and opening a penknife he had in his
hand, he said, "I have a good mind to ran it through you."
He *ea gave her a blow on the left eye. and the fell in.
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