The Paul Revere
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Action for seaman’s wages. This action yras brought by the libellant (colored) to recover his wages as cook on board the ship Paul Revere, on her voyage from New York to Yokohama and back, from June 24 to September 24, 1879. On Sunday morning, September 1, 1878, about two months after the commencement of the voyage, an affray between the cook and the steward took place in the galley, in the course of which the cook fired two shots of a small pistol at the…
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In Admiralty. Action for seaman’s wages. This action yras brought by the libellant (colored) to recover his wages as cook on board the ship Paul Revere, on her voyage from New York to Yokohama and back, from June 24 to September 24, 1879. On Sunday morning, September 1, 1878, about two months after the commencement of the voyage, an affray between the cook and the steward took place in the galley, in the course of which the cook fired two shots of a small pistol at the steward, by one of which the steward was wounded in the wrist. The libellant was immediately seized, put in irons, and kept…
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, D. J.
The consul at Yokohama had jurisdiction of proceedings to discharge the seaman upon his own application and with the master’s consent. His certificate of such a discharge, duly proved and authenticated, is therefore conclusive, and bars any claim by the libellant to subsequent wages. Coffin v. Weld, 2 Low. 81; Lamb v. Briard, 5 Abb. Adm. 367; Tingle v. Tucker, Id. 919.
The proceedings before the consul do not show that any question was made before him concerning the wages which might be due to the libellant up to the time of his discharge, or that any inquiry or consideration was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Coffin v. WeldDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1871
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Weeks v. Matson Nav. Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1939
- The AlmatiaDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1868