KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.
Gaynor, the libellant, was a member of the crew of the S. S. Christopher Gadsden. On December 24, 1945, the ship having been in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, for about ten days following a foreign voyage, he obtained shore leave, to return on the 26th. He spent the night in Charleston and on the afternoon of December 25th took a bus out of Charleston, intending to spend the night with his brother-in-law who lived about 50 miles...
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