These rules apply only to cases where the voyage is broken up by inevitable accidents, as by perils of the seas, capture, war or superior force. If the voyage is broken up by the fault of the seamen, they lose all their wages. If, on the other hand, the seamen are compelled to leave, or the voyage is broken up by the fault of the master or owner, as by cruel treatment, want of provisions, or the like, the crew would be justly entitled to wages for the whole voyage contracted for. If the vessel is sold, or the voyage altered or abandoned by the master or owner, not from inevitable necessity, but for their own interest and convenience, then the crew are entitled, by statute, to wages for all the time they were on board, and two months' extra pay.[242] And, by the general law, they would always receive some extra wages as a compensation for the loss of the voyage, and as a means of supporting themselves and procuring a passage home; or, perhaps, full wages for the voyage.[243] [242] Act 1803, ch. 62, §3. [243] 2 Pet. Ad. 264. Bee, 48. 2 Gall. 182. 3 Johns. R. 518. WAGES ON AN ILLEGAL VOYAGE.--A seaman has no remedy for his wages upon an illegal voyage; as, for instance, in the slave trade.[244] Wages have, however, been allowed, where it was proved that the seaman was innocent of all knowledge of, or participation in, the illegal voyage.[245] [244] 9 Wheat. 409. 6 Rob. 207. 2 Mason, 58. Edw. 35. [245] 9 Wheat. 409. WAGES AFFECTED BY DEATH OR DISABILITY.--If a seaman dies during the voyage, wages are to be paid up to the time of his death.[246] A seaman is entitled to all his wages during sickness, and during any time he was disabled from performing duty. But if his sickness or disability is brought on by his own fault, as by vice or wilful misconduct, a deduction may be made for the loss of his services.[247] So, where the death of a seaman was caused by his own unjustifiable and wrongful acts, his wages were held forfeited.[248] If a seaman, at the time he ships, is laboring under a disease which incapacitates or is likely to incapacitate him during the voyage, and he conceals the same, no wages will be allowed him, or a deduction will be made from them, according to the nature of the case.[249] If, in consequence of sickness, a seaman is left at a foreign port, he is still entitled to wages for the whole voyage.[250] [246] Bee, 254, 441. [247] 1 Pet. Ad. 142, 138. [248] Do. 142. [249] 2 Pet. Ad. 263. [250] Bee, 414. 2 Gall. 46. 1 Pet. Ad. 117. CHAPTER XII. SEAMEN--CONCLUDED. Recovery of wages. Interest on wages. Salvage.