THE RINGAROOMA COURT-MARTIAL
Sydney, April 30. The court martial connection with the trouble on board of H.M.fe. liingarooma has commenced- The following charges are laid against Surgeon Lea by Captain Johnson, viz., treating the Captain contemptuously by refusing to go below when ordered to he placed under arrest, and refusing td obey the command to sign the entry in the log stating that he had been placed under arrest. It transpires that Captain Johnson charged Lea with neglect of duty in connection with a certain provision made for the treatment of those wounded in action. The doctor held that the matter complained of was not part of his duty. Later in the day the doctor ordered the captain to go below as he was on the sick list and required to be placed under observation. Captain Johnson declined, and in turn placed the doctor under arrest; The latter refused to obey the order as the captain was on the sick list and therefore not ‘in command of the ship. Lea was subsequently released by Captain Castle, the senior officer in charge of the station.
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 53, 1 May 1895, Page 3
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