Thompson v. The Stacey Clarke

TOULMIN, District Judge.

If a seaman refuses to do his duty, he is liable to punishment by the master, and, if he is incorrigible, the master may discharge him, or correct or confine him, or dock him of his privileges; bat he cannot superadd a forfeiture of wages after iniliding corporal punishment, (Desfcy, Shipp. & Adm. 129; Thorne v. White, 1 Pet. Adm. 168;) and it is not one of the ordinary powers of a master to imprison a seaman on shore. But a seaman is bound *534to obedience and respect of officers, and the master has the right to enforce discipline, and is justified in the use of any…