CO129-271 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1896 [1-4] — Page 130

2. To have an account taken of the earnings of the said ship, and that the Defendant may be con- demned in the amount which shall be found due to the Plaintiff in respect thereof, and in the costs of this action,

3. Such further or other relief as the nature of the case

may require.

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Dated the

day of

(Signed)

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A.B., Plaintiff.

ANSWER.

In the Supreme Court of Hongkong, Admiralty Jurisdiction. [Title of Action.]

1. The Defendant denies the statements contained in paragraph 2 of the petition.

2. The Defendant further says that he never at any time signed any bill of sale transferring any shares whatever of the said ship Horlock" to the said Thomas Worraker, and further says that if any such bill was registered as alleged on the 11th June in the said 2nd paragraph (which the Defendant denies) the same was made and registered fraudulently and without the knowledge, consent, or authority of the Defendant.

3. The Defendant does not admit the statements contained in the 3rd paragraph of the petition, and says that if the said Thomas Worraker transferred any shares of the said ship to the Plaintiff as alleged (which the Defendant does not admis), he did so wrongfully, and unlawfully, and that he had not possession of or any right to or in respect of the said shares.

4. The Defendant denies the statements contained in pampraph 5 of the petition, and says that he never rendered any such accounts as alleged therein.

5. The Defendant does not admit the statements contained in paragraph 6 of the petition.

Dated the

day of (Signed)

REPLY.

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C.D., Defendant.

In the Supreme Court of Hongkong, Admiralty Jurisdiction. [Title of Action.]

The Plaintiff denies the several statements in the Auswer.

Dated the

day of

(Signed)

(9.) In an Action for Possession:

PETITION.

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A.B., Plaintiff.

In the Supreme Court of Hongkong, Admiralty Jurisdiction. [Title of Action.]

Writ issued

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1. The Plaintiff's are registered owners of 44-64th shares in the British ship Native Pearl," and such shares are held by them respectively as follows:---

Morgan Parsall Griffiths is owner of 16-64th shares, Edmund Nicholls of 8-64th shares, William Menger of 4-64th shures, Isaac Butler of 8-64th shares, and William Herbert of 8-64th shares.

2. The only owner of the said ship other than the Plaintiffs is John Nicholas Richardson, who is the registered owner of the remaining 20-64th shares of the said ship, and bas hitherto aeted as managing owner and ship's husband of the said ship, and has possession of and control over the said ship aud her certificate of registry.

3. The Defendant, the said John Nicholas Richardson, has not managed the said ship to the satisfaction of the Plaintiffs, and has, by his management of her, occasioned great loss to the Plaintiffs; and the Plaintiffs in consequence thereof before the commencement of this action gave notice to the Defendant to cease acting as managing owner and ship's husband of the said ship, and revoked his authority in that behalf, and demanded from the Defendant the possession and control of the said ship and of her certificate of registry, but the Defendant has refused and still refuses to give possession of the said ship and certificate to the Plaintiffs, and the Plaintiffs cannot obtain possession of them without the assistance of this Court.

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