The Sun.
London, England, 1803-06-30 00:00:00

tAii, REPORT.

COURT OF KING' DENCI-I,

THE KI 4 7J. BRISAC,

Tiffs a case of great importance, that of a
Commander, Purser, and Master of one of His
Majesty's. ships being charged with Peculation.—
The Defendant was Captain of the Iris, which, in
the months of September and Odober. t Sot, was at
Shetland, together with another of HiS Majesty's
ships, called the Kite. The charge against him
was in substance, that he entered into a conspiracy
-with the Master and Purser of these ships to de-
fraud the Government, overcharging the articles
ith which these ships were furnished while at
Shetlnd,'inthe months of September and Odol;er
!Soo, and of April z Sot ; that. in some instances
the char es had been made out for beef at 7tl.*a
pound, which cost but three pence halfeenny ; but-
ter at a shilling, which cost but ten pence, and
charging more of both than had been Supplied ; and
for brandy to the amount of 240 gallons, at 145.
per gallon, • not one drop of which was furnished ;
by all which,the Government was defrauded to the
amount of 3001. in'tle sum of between re and 6001.
in the account rendered of these two ships in the
months of September and Odober in the one case,
and in the month of April in the other, all of whiCh
had been charged by the Purser and Master of these
two ships, (who had made their escare, on the fraud
being deteded), and allowed by the Defendant, and
signed by him as Captain of theirits_lte knowing
all these charges to have been made to defraud and
cheat our Sovereign Lord the King ; and that they
conspired to procure the certificates of respedable
inhabitants on shore, to vouch far the prices at
which these articles were charged being rea.
scalable, and according to the current price of the
time and place where they west charged to have
been supplied ; and then of having caused a bill Of
exchange to be drawn for the falsely charged
amount •of these articles, and negotiating it, and
causing it to be presented for payment at the Vic-
tualling Office, by which they were paid ; upon
which charge the Defendant, Brisac, was tried be-
fore Mr. justice LAWIIENCa and a Special Jury, at
Westminster, at the Sittings in the pesent Term,
and found guilty..
The Defendant's case had been amply discussed-
before the Court on a former day ; so that nothing
now remained but to pronounce judgment, which
was, delivered by Mr. Justice Gaose, who, after
disposing of the objedion which had been Made to
the charge Upon the paint of Law, that the juris.
didion of the Court did not extend to the cast, and
shoving that it. did, and that the Defendant was
legally convided, proceeded to observe on the enor-
mity of the Defendant's guilt, which he said was
no less than a conspiracy to commit a fraud upon
His Majesty's Vidualling Office, and carrying that
fraud into execution, (for the bill of exchange thus
drawn for articles that were overcharged, and some
of which were never supplied, was .presented at the
instaoce of-the Defendant, and paid by the-Virtual.
ling Office, by means of false vouchers, which was
obtaining money under false pretences.) It was also
a forgeryiby the indorsement on the bill of exchange,
which was drawn for these articles, some of which
were never supplied,- and others overcharged. To
all these crimes the Defendant had been accessary,
and his guilt was heinous, fur he should have at-
tended to these things before he signed the docu.
ments by which the imposition upon Goveinment
was efrefted. It was his immediate ditty, as. Cap.
taro of, the Ship, to see that all these articles were
supplied to the Ship which he commanded, instead
of certifying what he knew- to be false, fur the put.
pose of defrauding Government. The truth was,
that the conduit of the Defendant was made up of
fraud, peculation, and forgery, when it was his
.dutY not only to ad 'correctly himself, but to take
care that others aded corredly; but he had shame-
fully betrayed the trust which had been reposed in
him, although the character which had been given of
him, and• the station which 'he filled, entitled the
Public to exiled of him perfect • integrity—on
account of which there ought to be made of him
the more severe example, for these were crimes
which had their share in .making our Public Debt
enormous : the higher the station of the Defendant,
-the more severe the punishment ought to be, in
order to-make it adequate to the offence.—Taking
the whole of the Defendant's case into consideration,
the Can't did order and adjudge, that he should
pay to the King a fine of 3001. ; that he be im.
prisoned in the custody of the -Marshal of the Mar-
- shalsea (the King's Bench Prison) for eighteen
calendar months, and during that time he do stand
in and upon the Pillory for one hour, between the
hours of twelve at noon and two in the afternoon,
in the public street, near Charing Cross, opposite
to the Admiralty, and that he be further imprisoned
until such fine be paid, and that he be now coin.
nutted its execution of his sentence.

THE KIN( COCK. P:KD ANOTHtIt,

''his rule against the Defendant Mr. Cock a
native of America, and Mr. Upshal, for a criminal
information, fur the one.having sent and the other
carried to. Mr. Astler a challenge to fight a duel,
on account of a misunderstanding which arose be-
tween Mr. Cock and Mr. Astley far a seat at a Let.
ture.room, Was made absolute.

THE KING q). HILL DASLEY•

The Defendant, whose case
.has; been long before
the Public, and which is that of an assault on a
person on account of money won at play, received
the judgment of the Court, which is a punishment
specifically provided by statute, and which, after
asuitable address .on the pernicious drab of gam.
ing, was pronouced as. follows :--That the Dc.
fendant do forfeit to the King all his goods, chattels
and effeas whatsoiver, and that be be imprisoned
in. the common Gaol of Horsham, (the County Gaol
or the place where he seas convicted) without bail
or maiuprize, for two years,

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