SEAMAN IN COURT.
3VILL NOT WORK. p er Association. WELLINGTON, June 27. What is to be done with the man. JJdM? Mvers in the Magistrate's Court . yesterdaj. *ten Francis Clarke, a seaman on the stea-nM-Aotea, was called, on to answer eludes of having ed the lawful commands o* Artlinr it. Kirbv, master of the vessel. Accused pleaded not KUiJty. His Worship convicted Clarke cm the first charge and fined him £•> w>tn costs £1 Bs. Accused intimated that it was no nse placing him on board the ship ajrain, as he would only be a passenger. He would not work. . His "Worshin said that accused in signing the articles of the slnp, had made an agreement and he must abide hv it. Ho would return to his slim and if he continued to he disobedient he could ho bronsht before the Court at another port of call. The second information was w"»<lrawn hy leave of the Court.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13940, 28 June 1909, Page 3
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156SEAMAN IN COURT. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13940, 28 June 1909, Page 3
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