Ship No.79432 Name. Spero Expecto Letter & No. H1172 Owner. F & T Ross Skipper. Charles Poulton 2nd Hand. James Small 3rd Hand. Hy Smith 4th Hand. J Heath

Record of Illtreatment or Punishment.

James Small 2nd Hand & Hy Smith 3rd Hand. A quarrel arose between these two men on the 13th March with regard to assisting one another to heave the guy & resulted in a free fight between them on deck until the skipper could separate them. Charles Poulton skipper & James Small 2nd Hand. The 2nd hand put some fish in a dirty basket & when remonstrated with for doing so attempted to strike the skipper, who was stood in the hatchway. Whereupon he jumped on deck & struck the 2nd hand with his fist.

Entry by Mercantile Marine Office.

For the assaults referred to on page 11 herein each of the three men who committed them have been punished by being fined as per regulations for maintaining discipline contained in page 3.