Ship No.95782 Name. Mersey Letter & No. H65 Owner. George Winn Skipper.William James Josiah Matthew / T Mason 2nd Hand. J Gardiner 3rd Hand. P Pattison 4th Hand. H Page

Record of Illtreatment or Punishment.

15 May 1890 North Sea. Name of person illtreated - George Clegg cook, by William Matthew skipper. By throwing a ham bone at him & kicking him behind, also touched his face with the flat of a shovell but did not hurt him. For being insolent when I took him to task for cutting the lean out of a ham and leaving the fat. When he was insolent I lost my temper and assaulted him as stated above.

Entry by Mercantile Marine Office.

For the assault referred to on page 11 the master has thi day be fined the sum of 10/- under regulations 3 & 9 for maintaining discipline, which amount has been duly paid into this office this date 29 May1890. A full list of these regulations for maintaining discipline can be found on page 3 of the crew agreements.