The Garnet

HILLYER, District Judge.

The libellant shipped on board the Garnet on Friday, April 2, as chief officer, at fifty dollars per month. On Saturday the Garnet, then lying at her wharf, was hauled off into the stream. On that day, before the beginning of the voyage, the incidents which led to the libellant’s discharge happened, and the first question is, whether the conduct of the first mate was such as justified his discharge, he having-been discharged by the master on Monday, the fifth of April; for if the discharge was right the libellant has no case, and the consideration of the other…