Graves v. The W. F. Babcock
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal by the claimants of the ship W. F. Babcock from a decree of the district court for the Southern district of New York in favor of the libelants in a libel for seamen’s wages. See 79 Fed. 92.
1Opinion of the Court
SHIPMAN, Circuit Judge.
The libelants, Thomas Graves, Christian Bauer, James Bradley, and .Peter Doimelly, joined the ship W. F. Babcock at San Francisco on January A, 1896, and, having signed regular shipping articles as sailors, sailed on thabday upon a voyage' to Honolulu, and thence to New York, or other final port of discharge. The ship reached Honolulu on February 2, 1896, left for New York on February 27th, and arrived on June 22d. The libelants reached Honolulu in debt to the ship. The pecuniary inducements to desertion at that port which are presented to sailors who are on board…
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