New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-06-21
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UNITED STATES CIRCUIT CouRr-Before Judge Mel
son-LOrths Mess surruor Of Josfph beiSs 4 Co CT
len Of Massachusetts The Sun Mutual Insurance Co.
Of Ne'o York To recover policy for the ship 10
seph Megs and outfit aud taknss Toll whalebOne. &c
insured at and from Ma,tapoiset near New BediOrd)
whaling voyage, and TIL her return 10 Mattspoiset
and moored twenty -four hours in safety and on the
10 till landed.
On the 18th June 1896 the ship, her voyage
made the land and the same day TO anchor In
the outer harbor Of Mattspoiset She worked up the
following day to he upper harbor and drawing 6t feet
water II was necessary to her in order 10 enable
her 10 reach the wharf where she 20 be
Six days taken in the effort to tighten and get her
to the wharf.-the upper spars and yards were sent
down and put shore and all the sails except three
four, and all the crew left except On Sstur-
day 9th June, the pilot left in the afternoon TO get
clothes leaving the seven men board-at 10 O'Clock
the same evening she discovered to be FIRE, and
was totally destroyed. part of the cargo saved In
damaged state, and the hull what remained of 1t
was aiterwsrd sold at auction. The plaintiff claims for
total loss on the ship and for partial loss the out
hts and cargo burnt The underwriters resist payment
on the ground that at the time OF the Are the vessel had
arrived at Msttspoiset and been moored twenty four
hours In safety.
The policy is for $lO 500 the vessel is valued st sis
900, and the outfits &c. at $4,000. The jury found
verdict for plaintiff for slO5OO being full For
plaintiff T. B. Cutting Esq for defendant, Nessrs Alex
ander Hamilton and Hiram Ketchum.
The Alleged Stare Shi,-The Grand Jury yesterday re-
turne8 bills of indictment against Capt John T. Gibson
and James Allen Freeman. chief mate, of the bark Chan
celor recently sliced on the Coast OF Africa charges
of serving on board slave vessel"
bill of indictment also found against Elias
loungs, for endesvOrng 10 make revolt gro wing
OF some little difficulty In board whaling vessel at the
Sandwich Islands.
A charge sgainst Samuel J. Briggs for cruel and IN.
usual punishment was dismissed.
The Grand Jury was discharged for the term
SUPERIOR CoURr-Before Judge Oakley-DaBid
Sampson va. JGBes Ridgody Mr. : claims that Mr.
X IN 1916, bought bsrouehe OF him which stored
at the stable OF Mr. Duffy, Dusnes, Centre. The
deterce is that Mr. X inquired of Mr.. Duffy the price
but I'D not positively to purchase. Verdict for
plaintiff $50 2o, the smount-For pla Messs Thos
Warner aud J. Graham for dit Mr.. w nghs
Thomas Highs vs. CAGs A WOolsey.-Mr II complains
That Capt w. Oi the steamboat NarrHgsnsett caused
him TO be improperly landed In small boat lowered
Tor the purpose, At Whitestone rock. Hurlgate
about dark the 18th Feb ls4i Mr. being At the tune
spsssenger on board the n. bound for Sonlnglon and
having commutston ticket tor which he had recently
paid SEQ tie brings action for assault and battery and
false Imprisonment
usppeared that II. was one OF the firm OF PARROT a
Co, whose business was running package express De
tween Boston and New York. For the defence II WAS
said tbs; Mr. H. informed previous obtaining the
Communication ticket that they were for firms engaged
IN ordinary business-vhich the Secretary supposed
him to be from what sa,ed-and that fraud
ercised therefore In obtaining the Communication ticket
that Adams Co bad paid about the same time SIS
Tor Communication ticket for one person three times
week Tor little better n al two mOnihs-thsi the 500
ticket was for two members Of one firm who passed
once week or iorinight-thAi Arrangement existed
with the U. ; Government to permit no mAilsole mat
:sr 10 De carried and II supposed after Mr. Il com
nenced going that he carried masbs msiter-f.rther
that although he had several trips under the ticket
he offered the whole Of his money back to give IL
up and on refusing told thar II would not any longer De
respected on board notwithstanding this notice Mr.
II took passage the afternoon mentioned and on s2
plying IT the Captains Office for berth told bis
certificate would not pass and be pay his passage
or be pat on shore. lie refused to pay the boat Was
stopped and be put shore being taken not to
exercise violence in regard to him.
To meet this il said that Mr. a, the time. did
not even have bundle with him. tai Mr. III never rnis
represented any form hs busnesz. took improper
measures to procure his certicaicsthAi he had paid
300 for IT, snd bad right % itsnd that the man
ner in which be WAS put shore was improper. the
weather being very cold and he got waking from
the rocks 20 the shore. aud had walk distance
afterwsra 10 get 10 house. Il farther stated that
the New Jersey Steamboat Company which owned
the boat and against whom this suit In fact ia had
rangsment with Hsrnden Co. al 900 per month, -
exclude all othar expresses.
The questions for the Jury 70 decide were whether
the ket bad been obtained without sndelen repre-
sentstonsif II had been the Captain bad no right 10
put Mr. IL on shore but had such night II Il vss frsudu
enty obtained after notice that would not De received
The is also abe II the msnner OF placing M
II on shore was Improper. The Jury found verdict
for defendant For PIT Messrs Gerard and RAJ; ior
dfjts Messrs. Hall and Evsrts.
CorAr OF OYrR AND TERNISER--This Court did not
sit yesterday owing to indiPosron OF Judge Edmonds