WILBUR, Circuit Judge.
Appellant has appealed from the decree of the trial court dismissing his libel filed against appellee. Appellant seeks to recover damages from the American Mail Lines, Limited, appellee herein, owner of the steamship "President McKinley" on which appellant was employed as saloon watchman, under section 712 of title 46 USCA, which is as follows:
"Flogging and all other forms of corporal punishment are prohibited on board of any vessel...
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