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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 154, 28 May 1884, Page 2

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{Wellington JPuprtJ That Blratljr'e thing* happen to & man m the colony is generally con» ceded, and the same may be" said of sin adventurous youth who arrived from England only on Sunday morning last, who was brought before the magistrates at the Police Court next day, charged with having stowed him on board the s.s- Victory at Plymouth. The young man was defended by Mr E. Shaw, who stated that his client had taken passage by the steamer purely out of misconception. It appeared that he <vas a nominated emigrant, and, accompanied by his two sisters, wko were also nominated emigrant*, he proceeded to Plymouth with a view to join the vessel, but on arriving there he ascertained that although the papers for his sisters had reached the ship, those for himself had not arrived at the depot or the ship. Determined, however, not to leave his sisters unprotected on the voyage, he as a last resource, stowed himself away, and only presented himself on deck when the ship had secured a good offing. Mr Shaw pointed out that the offence was only a trival one, and that m point of fact his client was a passenger as his papers were at the present time m Wellington. Captain Elcoate gave the young man a good character for working hard for the ship during her passage out, and the Bench immediately dismissed the chargu.