New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-26
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
ARREST OF sEAMEN WHO VIOLATE CONTRACTS
NOT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OPINIONS

ARREST OF sEAMEN WHO VIOLATE CONTRACTS
NOT UNcoNsrIrUTroNAI.-oTH OPINIONS
Washington JAN 25-That part OF the shipping
laws Of the United States which authorizes the ar
rest OF sailors who refuse to observe the term' VI
their contracts to serve on board vesseI' "as .o
day declared by the Supreme Court TO ne conS'''u-
tIonal and within the Jurisdiction OF state courts
to enforce. The case at bar came up from the
Northern District OF California on the appear OF
Robert Robertson, +. II. Olsen, John Bradley anu
Morris Hansen from the judgment OF the Chiteo
States Court for that district. refusing to as
charge them from the custody OF Harry BALDWIN,
United States marshal. their petition for n writ
OF habeas corpus. Practice and precedent extend
ing back into the periods Of antiquity. said Justice
Navigation could not be carried on without the
enforcement OF such contracts, and the authority
for the law In question was found in the constitu
tional power to regulate foreign and interstate ,
commerce The codes Of all maritime nations
from the earliest ages TO the present period, con-
tanned similar provisions and in view OF all the
that the Imprisonment of the petitioners was not
Rvoiunary ser S i1rpidden 6y sne sud Hn
OF the Court for the Northern District OF California
Alfred Clarke sued out five wrts OF error from
the Supreme Court Of the United States to the
Two and G. W. Mott and others defendants in the
Peckham said that. az well as could be determined
from the mass of confusion in which the records
committed to jail until he should obey. the order
of court and file an inventory. He petitioned for
writ OF habeas corpus but failed to secure IT, and
then the Supreme Court OF the United
States. There being no order In the record which
showed final judgment of the highest court "
the State. required by the Revised Statutes. to
give Jurisdiction to the Supreme Court, the writs
dismissed.
An officer Of the United States Navy, detailed
for duty schoolship, is entitled to psy az On
duty for the time he IL so employed. This
the judgment OF the Court OF Claims on me
petition of Lieutenant William J. Barnett, VINO
served instructor the st. Mary's. at New
York, with annual cruises at sea. to recover $3.50.
the difference between the amount paid to him
he was employed on such detail from January ].
1891, to October a. 1892 and the amount ne claimed
TO be due duty the whole period. And the
judgment of that court was affirmed by the Su-
preme Court Of the United States to-day
Chief Justice Fuller announced to-day tnat the
Supreme Court would take the usual February
recess. beginning Monday. and ending Mon.
day. March ]. He also announced that the several
cases assigned for last week TO be argued before
full bench. would go over until the reassembing or
court In March. These include the cases OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission against the An.
bama Midland and the Detroit. Grand Haven AMI
Wisconsin Railroad companies the BOyden Powe'
Brake Company against the Westinghouse Brake
Company and George b. Westinghouse jr.; the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company against Saun-
ders. Attorney General {. j. Smythe. of Nebraska
court TO advance for an early hearing the noted
maximum freight rate cases. appealed from the
Nebraska Supreme Court and which have been
pending several years. 800 -
The call tomorrow will be Nos III. 1,2. 1l3 10
i76 III. i7s. $780, 1872 and 1873.