In re Mitchell

JAMES ALGER FEE, District Judge.

In this case a seaman has petitioned for $1874.78, turned over to the Clerk of this Court in accordance with the statute.1 The steamship company owning the “George Rogers Clark,” on which Mitchell sailed, turned this sum into Court with the statement that Mitchell had deserted. It was stated in Court that the United States Attorney and the seaman had arrived at a compromise whereby he was to receive $1300.00, and the balance was to be paid to the United States. The Court rejected the compromise upon the ground that the public interest required such cases to be…