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... - cate agreement signed by him , will enable the owner to com- plain to a magistrate , and pursue the ordinary course to punish the seaman after the departure of the ship . feit the sum of five pounds for every such seaman CHAP . I. 17.
... - cate agreement signed by him , will enable the owner to com- plain to a magistrate , and pursue the ordinary course to punish the seaman after the departure of the ship . feit the sum of five pounds for every such seaman CHAP . I. 17.
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... punished by fine and imprisonment . * ( ss . 46 , 47. ) And in case any person belonging to his ship or crew shall desert from the said ship at any place abroad , and the master shall neglect to notify the same in writing to one of the ...
... punished by fine and imprisonment . * ( ss . 46 , 47. ) And in case any person belonging to his ship or crew shall desert from the said ship at any place abroad , and the master shall neglect to notify the same in writing to one of the ...
Page 46
... punishment as aforesaid . ( s . 46. ) The sanction of a seaman's discharge , if such dis- charge take place at any of Her Majesty's Colonies or Plantations , is required to be that of the Governor or other officer holding the chief ...
... punishment as aforesaid . ( s . 46. ) The sanction of a seaman's discharge , if such dis- charge take place at any of Her Majesty's Colonies or Plantations , is required to be that of the Governor or other officer holding the chief ...
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... punishment of imprison- ment , with or without hard labour , at the discretion of the justice before whom he shall be convicted , for a period not exceeding thirty days , and to the forfeiture of all his clothes and effects which he may ...
... punishment of imprison- ment , with or without hard labour , at the discretion of the justice before whom he shall be convicted , for a period not exceeding thirty days , and to the forfeiture of all his clothes and effects which he may ...
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... punish the criminal , but ought to secure his person , and cause him to be brought before a proper tribunal of his country . " In such cases the confinement should not be ... punishment . If , for instance , the offence be CHAP . II . 71 155.
... punish the criminal , but ought to secure his person , and cause him to be brought before a proper tribunal of his country . " In such cases the confinement should not be ... punishment . If , for instance , the offence be CHAP . II . 71 155.
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abroad Admiralty agreement Alderney amount Asiatic sailors authority bound British seamen calendar months captain cargo cause ceedings certificate charge chief mate Collector or Comptroller commander committed complaint Consul or Vice copy thereof County Court crew Customs default desertion discharge duly duty enacted endorsed engaged entered entitled exceeding expenses forfeit and pay forfeiture freight Guernsey guilty Hagg hereby required hundred tons incurred Lascars liable Log-book Lord Lord High Admiral Lord Stowell Majesty Majesty's dominions mariner master or owner mate ment Merchant muster-roll native as aforesaid oath offence officer owner or master paid parish parties penalty person Port of London port or place proceeding punishment receive recovery register ticket Registrar of Seamen respectively schedule seaman Seamen's Act Seamen's Hospital Society Shee's ship belonging ship or vessel ship's shore statute tices twenty pounds United Kingdom Vice Admiralty Court Vict voyage wages due witness
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Page 90 - ... every such offender shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the seas for the term of seven years...
Page 275 - I [or we, $-c.] do hereby convict him of the offence aforesaid, and do declare and adjudge, that he the said EF hath forfeited the sum of of lawful money of Great Britain for the offence aforesaid, to be distributed [or paid, as the case may be] according to the form of the Statute in that case made and provided.
Page 185 - On or before the first day of February and the first day of August...
Page 216 - States shall be deemed to be the "master" thereof; and every person (apprentices excepted) who shall be employed or engaged to serve in any capacity on board the same shall be deemed and taken to be a "seaman"; and the term "vessel...
Page 187 - An Act to amend an act of the twentieth year of his majesty king George the second, for the relief and support of sick, maimed, and disabled seamen, and the widows and children of such as shall be killed, slain, or drowned in the merchant service ; and for other purposes.
Page 171 - ... due to him, it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace, in and for any part of Her Majesty's dominions or the territories under the government of the East India Company...
Page 61 - ... by the Lord High Admiral, or the commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, or...
Page 209 - Use, or to be deficient in Quantity, the Person making such Examination shall signify the same in Writing to the Master of the Ship ; and if such Master does...
Page 61 - ... hundred tons of his ship's registered tonnage, or more than one witness for every fifty tons of such tonnage...
Page 170 - ... in the case of all other ships (except ships employed in the Southern Whale Fishery, or on other voyages for which seamen by the terms of their agreement are wholly compensated by shares in the profits of the adventure...