The Elswick Tower
District Court, S.D. Georgia
In Admiralty. Suit by Francisco Antonio Rosales and others against the steamship Elswick Tower. Francisco Antonio Rosales, a Brazilian, Manuel Fonsoca and Emanuel Nichola, of the Cape Verde Islands, and Axel Magnusson, of Sweden, firemen stokers on the British steamship Elswick Tower, brought their libel in rem for an alleged nonpayment of wages. It is alleged that they entered the service of the ship in that capacity, and entered into a contract with Henry Byers, master.
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In Admiralty. Suit by Francisco Antonio Rosales and others against the steamship Elswick Tower. Francisco Antonio Rosales, a Brazilian, Manuel Fonsoca and Emanuel Nichola, of the Cape Verde Islands, and Axel Magnusson, of Sweden, firemen stokers on the British steamship Elswick Tower, brought their libel in rem for an alleged nonpayment of wages. It is alleged that they entered the service of the ship in that capacity, and entered into a contract with Henry Byers, master. This was in the port of New York. The ship, it is alleged, was destined for Naples, thence to Huelva, Spain, and thence to…
1Opinion of the CourtSpeer, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] If the shipping articles, or, as they are termed, “agreement and account of crew,” are to be regarded as binding, the conduct of the libelants in Savannah presents a violation of such articles. They are in that event to be regarded and treated as deserters, and not entitled to redress for their alleged grievances. It is, however, insisted for them that the shipping articles are void. It is contended that the fact that they were signed before the British consul in the city of New York by the foreign seamen, and by James Brown at Huelva, Spain, before the…
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