The Bertha

HANFORD, District Judge.

The libelant shipped as first mate on the steaihship Bertha for a voyage from Seattle to Kodiak and return, and having served in that position until he was discharged by the captain at Kodiak, where he was paid wages for the time of his actual service, is now prosecuting this suit for the recovery of the balance of his wages for one month, and expenses for his return voyage from Kodiak to Seattle, alleging as his grounds that he was wrongfully discharged. The owner of the steamship appears as claimant, and defends on the ground that the captain was justified in…