McKinnon v. The Reed Case

A careful consideration of this case has brought me to the following conclusions:

1. The assault and battery which the mate committed upon the libel-ant justified the latter in leaving the schooner, and he is justly entitled to his wages up to and inclusive of the day on which he quit the vessel.

2. But the master of the schooner, in good faith, as it appears to me, having invited the libelant to return to' the vessel, and complete the voyage, and, as testified to by Mrs. Pish, having assured the libelant that he would stand between him and harm, and would put him on the master’s watch, the…