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The Daily Dispatch: November 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], An American Captain's "Correction" of his crew. (search)
An American Captain's "Correction" of his crew. --At the Arbroath Police-court, on Monday, Capt. Samuel Colson, Master of the American brig Amos M. Roberts, was charged before Bailie Trial with committing an assault on his Second Mate, John Smith, on board the ship in harbor. The Mate had been left in charge during the absence of the Captain, who, on his return, found the man drunk, reprimanded him, and ordered him below. Instead of going, the Mate threatened to "whip" the Master, whereupon the latter seized a barrel stave and knocked Smith down by a smart blow on the head, repeating the stroke two or three times. The Mate appeared in Court without bearing any marks of blows. The Master's defence was that he struck the man in self-defence, and that he had a right to administer "correction" to his men to maintain discipline. The case was found proved, and the magistrate remarked that if any man in this country had struck a horse severely with such a weapon as he had used to