United States v. Bain

Fox, D. J.

The defendant, one of the crew of the schooner J. S. & S. C. Adams, was indicted for desertion at this port.

The articles, which were signed by him at Philadelphia July 19th, described the voyage as “from that port to Portland, Maine; thence to some one or more ports east, if required by the master, and back to a western port of discharge. Term not to exceed two months.” The vessel arrived at this port, discharged her cargo, and was about to proceed to the Kennebec river for ice, on the thirty-first of July, when the defendant deserted. The defence was placed on two grounds—First,…