The Victorian

HANFORD, District Judge.

The libelants, after signing articles for a voyage from Seattle, via. Victoria, to Alaska and return, entered into the service of the vessel, but left her on the third day at Victoria, and were there arrested on a criminal charge, and detained until after the vessel had proceeded on her voyage, when they were released for want of evidence to sustain the accusation against them. The claimant denies any liability, and insists that the libelants forfeited their wages by desertion. The official log book has not been introduced in evidence, and there is no proof that any…