The Marion Chilcott
District Court, D. Washington
In Admiralty. Libel in rem by Franz Schwam, seaman, against the ship Marion Ohilcott, to recover damages for personal injuries.
1Opinion of the Court
HANFORD, District Judge.
The libelant claims damages to the amount of $25,000 for abuse and personal ill treatment alleged to have been suffered by him while serving as a seaman on the ship Marion Ohilcott on a voyage from Baltimore to Seattle. After careful consideration of the pleadings, evidence, and arguments, I am convinced that the libelant suffered corporal chastisement at the hands, of the mate very frequently during the voyage, which was, except on the first occasion, unnecessary, and unjustifiable. When discharged, after the termination of the voyage, the libelant was in such poor…
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