Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1803-03-28

Wy gu VIII TIE exception w. fy
namely, Nj Tksmsf Em.rg. wAo i.I
derwrotYnve thoursn1 and ST.. ~
Bagsy, two th9ufand d0ll4rs) \ CO.,
miie was PraPoied 10 III o. DIR. Mi
agent Of PisyP0izf and Aexia4,r. v-s.-'
being acceeded TO, there WIS Dad -
from Mr.. TayLr'5 Dice, lively. H.
and isventy Ave dollars, AID from M
Brooks Ofi,e, four thouland nine bna
dred dollars, making together N. fnm
Of 6siesn fb0gtaqI Eias bzugreI and c,vr1,
Jfvs sgHzr5.
Soon after theia ajillments, ! IT,,
ter was received through the medium
Of the Poa Office, by one Of the uaJe-
writer's, iniinu atiRg that all had nor
been right refpetting the lois OF n.
Hannah TO this az aniwer vas return
ed in The Gazette. pIopoiug al inter.
view with the writer, with aFlranres ".
fecrecy and reward on a full dfelali.-r
Indirect Information was ALTO received
about the fame time from Newvo.k
Eating that a fchooner called the Tay
eller, had been fitted out from thar
port, by SogtbocE, Si5rey, and PERRIN,
under fufPicious circumiaaces, and a.
the vellel had arrived at this place
on prctence OF comp eating her cargo.
directions were given to fecure debr
contracted at Newyork by Ssutbaek.
while on this new expedition, by attach.
ing the ichooner. The execution OF
this order, It Is conieaured. LED 10 fome
dfagreement between the AccompGces,
which terminated in a piopof.ion
from Soafback 70 have an interview with
MeGcs. David Green and Pefer c. Brook,.
to whom full diiclofure of the inoui.
tous tra1iaaion of the lois Of the Han.
nah was made A plan was then adopt.
ed 10 obtain from Freeman, the mate
(who was in Boaon) a corroboraton II
the fa9s which had been dilclofed by
Sogtb1ck for this end, a perlon vas
engaged 10 found Fireman, whether he
would take charge Of veilel with intent
TO fink or otherwife dearoy her. This
fcheme had tie defred efea, Freeman
adented to the proposition and fooh az
ter made an acknowledgment 70 this
Perfon, Of the agency he bad ia
the deAru5lion Of The Hannah. Alter
knowledge Of the j. ding traits
of this iniquity, from Sgatba-t ana Frrt.
man, the leaer ones were enquifed Into
aud obtained. Tamsr RH1rH. at Whole
houle Sowback aud HIypi5 naI boarded,
and from whom 4 bill for a large quan-
tity Of bacon, amounting to iev9ntecn
hundred and ninety eight doll1rs, had
been produced 70 the underwriters, 6y
Pisrbaint, was que(ioned as to The real
ity Of this fale, and being hard PrciIct.
acknowledged that The bill had been
made out at the requef Of Paybyi,f, al
though 10 bacon had been f5ll BY
hin, and that FOR this be received the
gratuity Of eighty dollars. ,4eEp5 ~.
Page declared that the bin for a5t.
cles which he had furnilhei had been
by Pia82ia:'s requeR fwslled from IS 10
80 per cent. above their real value,
and aIlo thar fthe articles contained
therein had not been delivered, atthc~
time. Other circumstances tended to
induce x belief, that the merchandiz:
faid 70 conltitute her cargo, wee net
Of the fpecies which their outward ap
Pearanoes indicated, parti, ularly thar
of beef--in fhoft, this confpiracy and
fraud appeared to have been the coff-
qaence Of long and fy9ernatio piar,
matured and carried into execution
with great adroit1efs, and as a prelude
TO ofsers on more eztenGve icale,
which by this happy ddcovery have
been llifed in their embrio.
The defence tt up by The Council
for the Defendants, refed on one PORT;
it was United thar the reputation OF
citizen ought not to be impaired by az.
taching credit to S, afbaok and Fireman,
men who had before fworn to fats diam
critically oppoGie to thofc which thehad
now teRi6ed to the Court that Il
was evident that they had perjured
themfeIves, and therefore, icttine Their
evidence afide, there was not that proof
which lhould lead the jury 10 CONVEX
the Defendants. To this Il was rePl
ca that the many corroboratiDg cir
cumaances. switch had been adduced OF
the trial. had thrown fuch weight into
the fcsle oftheir teaimony, that Inian-
Gus and purjured a they were' ya
with thofe add;t;enal proofs all reafon-
able doubts Of guilt mna be removed
from The minds of the InTY, and lea1