CABIN BOY

A 'Cabin boy' or 'ship's boy' is a boy (in the sense of low-ranking male employee, not always a minor) who waits on the officers and passengers of a ship, especially running errands for the captain.
In the famous trial of ''Regina v. Dudley & Stephens'' (1884) 14 QBD 273 DC, two sailors and a cabin boy were shipwrecked and cast adrift in a small boat without provisions. To save themselves, the sailors killed and ate the cabin boy. They were later convicted of murder, despite their claimed defense of necessity.

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Literature and films

Literature and films

★ ''Cabin Boy'', a 1994 film

★ ''Treasure Island'', where the main character Jim serves as a cabin boy on the boarding of the ship the Hispaniola