¶1Libel for wages. The vessel was captured and sent in for adjudication. The master offered to discharge the seamen and find passages home for them, but they refused to quit the ship. She was. condemned; but upon appeal the decree was reversed. The vessel then prosecuted her voyage and returned to Baltimore. The district judge decreed wages for the whole time, including the delay at the port, where the vessel was sent in for adjudication [case unreported], which sentence was affirmed by this court.
29 F. Cas. 709
Wesley v. Biays
U.S. District Court
Decided July 1, 1812
U.S. District Court · decided 1812-07-01
<p>Case No. 17,419.</p> <p>Seamen’s Wages — Capture.</p> <p>Where a vessel is captured and finally acquitted, seamen are entitled to full wages, including the time of detention, even though the master offered to discharge them and send them home and they refused.</p>
Decided 1812-07-01