ARRESTED BARQUE
•CARGO RELEASED VESSEL TO BE SOLD JUDGMENT FOR SEAMEN Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 26. Judgment was given in the Supreme Court in the case brought by consignees of the cargo as plaintiffs against the captain and crew of the American barque Guy O. Goss, which was recently arrested fir debt, tho final stage being the blaring of the claim for wages. Mr Justice Herdman said the case for the seamen had been proved, and that they were entitled to their claim for wages, amounting to £661 16s 3d. Judgment would be given in their favour for £750 3s 9d with costs. If the freight had not been paid, the captain and crew would be entitled to a lien over the cargo and freight. The onus of proving that the freight had not been prepaid fell on the men. In this case they had not discharged that responsibility. The consignees had agreed to remove all the cargo here, and the claim against the ship must succeed. The ship could be sold, and he would order that the cargo bo released from arrest. Mir John Findlay said he would withdraw the consignees’ writ of arrest. The present position is that the ship is still under arrest, under the writ to the master and seamen and the Harbour Board; and that the cargo lias been released. An effort will now be made to sell the vessel.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12431, 27 April 1926, Page 8
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236ARRESTED BARQUE New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12431, 27 April 1926, Page 8
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