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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 89, 18 March 1885, Page 4

On Dec. 12th the Recorder of passed, seulence on jWil'liam'Wiliuimsj'io'r tiot-haVing taken pre-ca.ufyojajs to, .gave., the British \ ship Caiherine.aiid Alice, of which: lie! wjas> master and owner, .on* fche 13'ih Of May last. •At tbe last City : Se.«sjons the priroi^e^w.as.-cipirgcd ■ with I attempting' to scuttle the ship^ but ihFjui'y'' i 'tilQ^ ! ''disJ!i6i i €ed. He; \yas, 'proceeded against' at the present Ses-' ' sjon and '{ound' Not', Guilty. Tliesh? Jie.v as indicted, under the Merbhant , Sljippiog ;'.( Act,'/ .section. 259, \ .for neglect; of duty. .Qn the 18th -May the ship wiisa few miles off Sfc. ;Al-- ; •ban's : Bay, on; the South Coast of England, when the . weather ; was faivi •-, The shipi'had been pump^jct at:six and. eight o'clock' that ni;;ht, but at ten o'clock 'she : had ; several feet of water ! 1n her. The ciew ; at.-j tempted" to 'save -the allliough no'Jrdei's 1 we'rb give'ri by ( the captain. Later on, without havirig used tlie" piimn^' the r'aptain,~ with his ! men.; left the ship m a punt, and readied ,land m. . safety.: Another /ship 1 , the WiUiam Mai|tin».fell the ; deserted; ship, which was.tQjyed into uWeymouth: harbour,. .^h^re.;. ; holes ;w,erefoubd m = the 'bottom— of ; .the . hold. The prisoner .^astound gu'lty •on' Thursday^'. and ibn> Fifjday* th^ 1 'Recorder pfa^sed -sentence.-'^ Hie said that the 'prisoner : had found guilty of the most dis^racei'iil' ict^of , cowyrdness of which' a 'Bfilisfh; seaman coii'ld be : 'giiilVyi. ' H6 >: 'wished tp marlc his setise of tlie' crime oi':. "gross cowardice of which 'tlie- prison-, j er had been guilty, and : 'he would /therefo^ej sentence; -him^ to eight months imprisonment.' ' •>;-• -,-