Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-04-22
NEw-YoaK, April l6.

Nzw-Yoax, April 16.
Highly interesting taio case.-fester-
day came on for trial before his hon )r
the mayor, at the court of general ses-
sious OF the peace FOR this city and county,
an Indictment found at the same court,
against Isaac Roget, 1.-THE only defendant
taken) for uniting with J. B. Daulmery
fof the house Of Hutchinson and Daul-
merry and F., Lef.vrc' IN a conspiracy to
defraud the underwriters. This cause
from the nature Of the transaction, and
particularly, from the standing in society
of Isaac Roget, for many years French
merchant in this city, and generally con-
sidered here man Of responsibility, ex-
cited more interest than any one that has
taken place for many years. The trial
began at II O'Clock A. Nj. and lasted till
q this morning; more than II hours. The
following are the principal facts that ap-
peared in evidence:
The sch. Ocean, being in Francct and
up at Havre-de- Grace, in December last
for Boston, and the defendant being in
this city, with others here, and some
persons abroad, entered into conspiracy
to make a false insurance upon her
and her cargo, consisting, as they
stated, Of dry goods and plaster OF paris,
but being in reality Of stones and rubbish;
and actually insured $4,000 dollars here,
10000 in Boston, 10000 in Paris, be-
sides other sums in London and else
where, and then caused her to be sunk
a; sea. 1t appeared, however, that the
piece of roguery from which they calcu-
lated to derive. the greatest profit, was,
from an ingenious deception practsedl
upon the custum-hluse at Havre. This
deception was man sed in the following
manner: They first entered at the GUS
t0m-house say 80 boxes of goods, amount-
ing to thirty thousand dollars, aud pro-
cured the necessary stamps upon the
boxes /; but, then, instead of putting the,
boxes on beard, they only carried them
to some private place, where they rsmov-,
ell the goods into other similar Boxes
provided for the purpose, and supplied
their place in the stamped boxes, with
rubbish of the same weigjst; which was sol
inganiously done, by splicing the ropes
&c. as tn eludc suspicion. These boxes
were then put on board the schooner, as
go many boxes of dry goods. with the
|custom-house stamp, whi.h secured them
from all further Inspection. Having thus
succeeded with the first 80 boxes. they
Ii!lcd second thirty with the same goods
which had once been entered, and Sc
cond time procured the stamp Of the Gus.
tom house then, second time, they re.
moved tacse boxes to sGme private place,
where they in like manner rihed them
IOf their genuine contents, and filled them
with stones, as before, they closed them
neatly up again, and shipped them on
board. In this way they repeated the de.
Iception on the custom-hou unit they
had obtained its stamp upon SO boxes OF
stones, aud shipped them on board as dry
goods. Having linus loaded the schooner,
their next step was to provide for the
Lives of the innocent and unsuspecting|
crew, when the vessel should 60 to the
bottom, For which purpose, they procnr.
ed cliLker-built boat, sufficient to hold
them all, with provisions and other ne
cessaries and, thus equipped, they wrote
to their friends in this country on account
of their success, that they might do the|
needtul, at the different insurance Offices
and then set out upon their voyage.
After meeting with some rough wealth
er, which caused them to delay the excl
cutioo of their purpose, for fea' OF thcn
lives, they, at length, after abortve a.
|tempts, which Jailed through the vigilance
and activity ct the mate, succeeded MI
scuttliDg her, in a smooth sea, Oh INT
18th OF February, about 9 in the evening
Commonly called Peter Favours.
THE conspiracy began tweiyenont'
-ooner, Just before tie Ocean lett tbs
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