From The Cork Examiner, 16 August 1861 - QUEENSTOWN PETTY SESSIONS--YESTERDAY. ------------ (Before Captain MARTIN, R.M., and Mr. T. H. TARRANT.) George Ovan Dam, mariner on board the British merchant brig Bermuda v. Ralph Hall, master of same ; Robert Barkwell, mate, do. ; William Stromberg and Thomas Maddons, mariners, do. THE master was fined 2s. 6d., including costs, for having assaulted complainant on the high seas on the 12th July, '61. The mate was fined £1, including costs, for having assaulted complainant at same place on the 7th July. Stromberg and Maddons, were each fined 2s. 6d. for having assaulted complainant in the port of Cork on the 14th inst. The magistrates ordered the captain to discharge Ovan Dam, and informed him (the captain) that he would have been more heavily fined but that they took into account the irritable state of his temper caused by his suffering from a fever. Mr. Allen prosecuted and Mr. Barry defended the accused, who were arrested under a warrant. Mr. Loane, the ship's agent, attended on the part of the captain and men. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Ireland Newspaper Abstracts Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.IrelandOldNews.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -