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Jersey enjoyed a boom trade in the ship building industry. The island depended on sea trade and shipbuilding and associated industries for its livelihood, so it is logical that George Gallagher became a seaman. The men where subsequently arrested and ordered to return to work under the care of the ship's Captain - Fred Sweetman. The men found employment under the care of Joseph Hammond, a local innkeeper and also substantial land owner, and Hammond shifted the men around his farms,whilst the police did their work to find the men. After finding out the whereabouts of the deserted sailors, the police came to Hammond's farm to arrest them, taking into custody Gallagher and Young, but George was freed by several of Hammond's workers.