IN RE LARSON'S PETITION


152 F.Supp. 252 (1957)

In re Petition of Richard H. LARSON, a member of the crew of THE SS TOMAHAWK, for the return of wages and personal effects.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

July 9, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Kelsey, Norfolk, Va., for petitioner.

William F. Davis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., for respondent.


HOFFMAN, District Judge.

Petitioner, a seaman and former member of the crew of the SS Tomahawk, in a turnover proceeding seeks the recovery of his wages and personal effects now in the custody of the Clerk of this Court. The United States of America asserts that the seaman forfeited his rights to same by deserting the vessel at Pearl Harbor, T. H., on or about July 13, 1956. Petitioner urges that his violation is merely one of "failure to rejoin", falling short of...

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