The Mentor
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] Libel for seamen’s wages on a voyage from Boston to the Sandwich Islands, Northwest Coast, and Canton in China, and thence back to Boston.' There was á special answer put in by the owners, contesting the right to wages on various grounds, some applicable to all, and some to part only of the libellants.
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[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] Libel for seamen’s wages on a voyage from Boston to the Sandwich Islands, Northwest Coast, and Canton in China, and thence back to Boston.' There was á special answer put in by the owners, contesting the right to wages on various grounds, some applicable to all, and some to part only of the libellants. In substance it stated: (1) That the libel-lants, together with one Sheridan and Rod-man, also mariners on board said vessel, entered into a confederacy and conspiracy to disobey and unlawfully resist the…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
The present is a suit brought by ‘William Woodward, John H. Hemmer, Artemas Gulliver, and William Brown, for the recovery of wages alleged by them, in their summary petition, to have been earned on a long and circuitous voyage in the ship Mentor, from Boston to the Sandwich Islands, to the Northwest Coast, to Canton in China, and from thence back again to Boston. The voyage has been completed by the return of the ship to Boston, and the libel seeks a decree in rem for the wages asserted to be due. There is a very special answer put in by the owners, asserting, that all…
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