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witness—He was lid on toast„dlbread and Awry, aad took'
many other WAIF. . .
)lr. Serjeant-Ciesi—And this course was i;dopted to get him
Into a condition to lose?
Witnees—Such wasthe object:
Mr. &dram Cabal—" You gave the young man a great •suantity
of salts, did you not?
Witness—No. I gave him none; but .I understood he was given
a great quantity : young Jackson told me so.
Mr. tisrjeant Citess—Novi, have you any doubt that this kind of
training it 'was which brought on the typhu4 fever?
Witness—l think the training, coupled with aniiety of mind,
did bring on typhus fever.
The LOaD CMS/ JUSTICE here put it to his brother
Wilde, if he thought he could go on with this case?
Mr. Serjeant WILDE said, lie certainly had some
difficulty—(A laugh). He would merely observe, that
if, in the course of regular training, t pot the young
man in a proper conditiop to run the race, he fell ill,
no intention or. the part of the plaintiff, to cheat those
with whom he might have bets on the race, could, in
point of law, he thought, defeat his claim upon the.
father for the expenses incurred by him in procuring
medical attendance for the son.
The Lcian CHIEF JUSTICE said. that as lie understood
the evidence, the plaintiff was only training this young
man to put him in a condition to enable him (the pl sin-
tiff) to commit an abominable fraud ; and, in his opi.
nion, such conduct might be made the subject of an
indictment.
Mr. Serjeant WILDS said, he would submit to be non-
suited.
Mr. Serjeant Cam stated, that the plaintiff charged
for this young man's board at the rate of 5001. rolear,
beides the other expenses.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE @pressed a hope, that after
this exposure no Gentleman of character or honour
would ever lay a wager on matches i•fthis description.
as they 'night be perfectly certain of being cheated.
Plaintiff nonsuited.
port COURT OF ADMIRALTY, Jan. 49.
SMITH V THE OwNEnS of Till JUPITER.

• This was a suit on the part of a mariner, to recover
sit months wages fur his services on hoard the ship
Jupiter, in >t voyage from Lim d I—Oil to Jamaica. The
defence vet up was a forfeiture of wages, by reason of
desertion. _ _

It appeared that while the vessel was lying off Ja-
maica; taking in her cargo, Smith.wetit. on shore. and
stayed an unreasonable time; On bis learn. the mate,
who had the command Of the ship (the Captain bang
on short ), reprimanded him, and desired him to go to
his work, which he did ; add having assisted in hunting
up a hogshead of sugar, whi!e it was Tit hanging iu
mid air, he demanded his allu*ance c.l ging, whi,h
the niate refused him, and told •Itim •it fie would n
*ork he might go on shore. S riith told the mate lie
Would take him at hit word, and accordingly packed
up his clothes an left the vessel. The tollowiog day
he saw the Captain, -mid ids/Wended of him 1 is wages
and a forms! di.chaige. *IAA :were tefit,eJ, anti he
was desired to return on board ;';but ins rad fso zoilig
he went and hired himself on boatel another 'vessel,
Were, from the scarcity tat seAmm at the port, he was
able to get nearly double hi, foi mei wages. •It waS
contended by the Counsel for the matintr, that the ex-
.pression of the mate amounted to a disCh irge, While
the contrary was as strongly urged by the Cuunsel for
the owners i f the vessel. _ _

Sir C. Rob'Nana, after taking a review of the *vi.
dance; concluded by pronouncing that the seaman had
not bey') discharged, but that he had been guilt/ of de-
sertion, and thereby incurred a foileiture of his wages.
. The consectueneVot this dicCion is,•that•the whole of
the wages due to the seatnafi • fir his se, vices &laid
of the •essel to which he destAted, :We f .rfeiteS• to
Greenwich Hospital.