RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT
Saturday, Ist Apiul. (Before John Bathgate, Esq., KM.) 1 Ainslow v. Wordp.—This was an adjourned case in which the plaintiff claimed- -Ll2, wageß as fireman on board the Phoebe, in lieu of one month's.netice.. Mr Stout paid the. plaintiff's case had' been closed. Nbvr he produced' the agreement, and should contend that the defendant, Captain Worsp, could discharge,the,men when he pleased. The agreement was for ,a per'od not exceeding aiz' months, and Captain Worsp was not liable, as the agreement diet hot refer to one steamer, but to Bix steamers; It was not signed, as articles usually were, by the master; but it was signed by the manager of the Company. Captain Womb had ceased to be master of the Phoebe five or six days before the summons was issuedj and therefore he could not be sued as tlie owners' agent. Mr Stout hay ing moved for a uon-suit, tue plaintiff's solicitor (Mr Gr. B. Barton) replied, and quoted the ancient maxim that mariners are the peculiar favourites of the law. John Leys, chief engineer of the Phoebe, deposed thafc.CaptainWorsp left her on the 7th March." Witness did not promise to keep the plaintiff and thfc', other men interested in similar cases for two ' months on the Phoebe. Judgment was reBSrved. The Court adjourned till Monday. 'I
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 4406, 3 April 1876, Page 3
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