Hill v. The Sachem

BROWN, District Judge.

The evidence of ineompeteney of the libelant as cook, is not, to my mind, satisfactory. It is certain that after the arrival of the ship at Hong Kong, the captain was determined to get rid of the libelant as cook; and it is equally certain that the consul, before whom both went, endeavored to favor the captain’s wishes, while he at the same time refused to afford the libelant any opportunity to prove his capacity or fitness for the» place. The captain made no charges against him in the log until after the seaman had been sent ashore. The alternative was forced upon him,…