The clipper ship era : an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their owners, builders, commanders, and crews 1843-1869 . against the captainand officers. These cases would be tried beforejuries of landsmen who, having no practical know-ledge of sailors or of the usages of the sea, frequentlyawarded damages, though in many cases the captainand officers were able to disprove false complaintsor to justify their actions upon the ground of neces-sity in maintaining proper discipline. It is per-haps needless to say that of the damages recoverednot one penny was ever handled by the a
The clipper ship era : an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their owners, builders, commanders, and crews 1843-1869 . against the captainand officers. These cases would be tried beforejuries of landsmen who, having no practical know-ledge of sailors or of the usages of the sea, frequentlyawarded damages, though in many cases the captainand officers were able to disprove false complaintsor to justify their actions upon the ground of neces-sity in maintaining proper discipline. It is per-haps needless to say that of the damages recoverednot one penny was ever handled by the aggrievedsailor, for the guiding principle of the sea lawyerscareer being the resolve never to part with hisclients money, these fellows literally made theirclients interests their own. Sailors themselvesused to laugh and joke about the bare-faced yarnswhich they had spun under oath in court and gotgreenhorn juries to listen to and believe; but theydid not laugh and joke about their lawyers, whomthey regarded with contempt. One of the mostinsulting epithets which a sailor could apply toanother was to call him a sea lawyer, and there.
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