The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-20 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OP ARSON AT DERBY.

DEFRAUDING INSURANCE 001IPANLES.
At the Derby borough police-court, yesterday
(Thursday), David Gray, eating-botisektepar, Sadler-gate.
Derby, was brought up, on remand, charged with the
serious offence of setting fire to his premises, in ardor to dm
fraud the Mammas companies. The ease exalted se
extraordinary rawest of interest from the feat shai
Yr. Hilton, heed coastal:do, had been to =
and had discovered that the soma had
in three different parts of Ledo°, had lad bee
st each place, and had received seven( huedreds of
pounds of insurance mousy. Mr. Bikes found oat that
he bad received 5/. imuranoe mousy fora fire is Joho•etreet,
Poplar, about 17 mouths ago ; on the bed February, 1864,
he had a firs at his residence, Cottoomtroot, Lomas, where
be made a claim of 2171. against the Insurance company,
and after inquiries had been set oo foot, be gladly socepted
1751. The office was the Commercial Union. From these
premises the primmer went to Crais-strost, Blackfriars•
road, and insured there largely in the Leeds and York-
shire ; and oa the 1180 t of Jose last a fire took poses at
these premises also, totally destroying the hoses, sod the
premier obtained 2501. from the hisuranos aloe. After
each fire the prisoner left the neighbourhood, sad so
one could find his whereabouts until another fire turned
up. The prisoner has a brother named William Gray,
living at the Isla of Dogs, Loodoo, and the primmer
stated that he had placed his brother in a pesearomes
;Mop. Those plums were Insured in the name of William
Gray, in the Leads and Yorkshire NUM and oar the 80th
of October last, a fir* took place these, and William Gray
reseived 1601. frees the insursom office ; and David Gray
bad admitted that be was in business. The prisoner was
lost sight of until an early hour on Sunday morning, the
of January, whoa a fire was &Doomed is as satin-
booms is Sadirr's-gate, Derby, of which, It tamed out,
prisoner was the proprietor. For this ire prisosser skims
754 from the Western Fire-office, haviog issued with
Mr. Shakspears, the Derby agent for that office, for Um
som of 1001. on the furniture, and 751. on the stook.
Prisoner has soother place of Modems of a similar chancier
is the Horisdea, Derby, and he Mound the furniture there
for 1001., and the stook far 751.—similar to the Sadleripte
insaranse. The suspicious appointees of the Sadler- at
premises after the ere, together with the fact that there
war serissly any furniture in the place, Induced Yr. Bilks,
brad constable, sad Inspector Fears to making a Nereids(
Aoc; sad the result lift no doubt oar their Wads that the
bed wilfully set in to the minims. They at
ems esesgsd Yr. Wright, aisetireasor mad valuer, to Talus
the stook sad (waiters at both places. The liorledge fur-
niture was 'staid st 801., and that is Sodlomeate, when**
ire took not mare than 201.
yho was brought up at 11 lAdosirdres=
(Th y) owning, before a crowded court r.
(instructed by the Nottiaghaumbire and Duiryshire Lem
rases Company), and Mr. J. B. Smith (ied/acted by Ibp
Winters Imursom Compsay), appeared to pommels; sae
the prisoner was defended by Mr. Flewkar.
After mesa evideris had hoes tikes. the prisoner was um
manded mail this day (Friday) week.
Ur. Wilke this nharged Cray with for&goad utimies
• obe We the lonics and Westminster Beak for the
sass 681. 2s. 7d.
The prisemm was skso reamaded vas this simegm—Laredo
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