Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-04-25

tina, the people OF Kentucky wantonIs
sfroyed, carelessly neglected, or hss
piliered the property which was porcl
ed in their market for expectation. ny
is matter of great public impor,,taS
and NAV perhaps call for the int"sSe
ence os our Legislature. Instances
are told, have occurred of Legislative
tcrp0s,icn to reimburse those who /.
suffered under similar circumstances %
all events, we feel anxious that no e%,
ons should be spared TO convince all ~
are interested, that the loss has been 20
viia5le, and thu similar one will mo-,
likely again to take place. Nonits,
HIGHLY INTERESTING LAW CASE
Yesterday came on for trial beGore
honor the mayor at the court OF REM.
sessions of the peace for this. civ ~
county, an Indictment found at the sss
court, against Isaac Roget the only doSa
dant taken for uniting with j. i. DsS
merry (of the House Of Hutchinson wv
Daulmery) aud p. Letevres in a conspiras
10 delraud the underwriters. This ca"
from the nature of the transaction nv
particularly, from the standing in soc;.s L
of Isaac Roget, for many years a Fro Is
merchant in this city. and gcnerally c,s
sidered here man 0frespec;abiiity e,";
ted more interest than any one that h., j
taken place for MANY wears. The tys II
began At IL O'Clock A. VI. and lasted n
past this morning; more than IL hour'
The following are the principal facts Tho, 4
appeared in evidence
That the schr. Ocean, being in France L
| and mp al Hayre de-Grace. in Decent.
hst, for Boston, and the defendant beO,
i'll this city, with Others here, and SOM
persons abroad, entered into a consnirars
TO make false insurance upon her ana
her cargo, consisting, as they stated Il l
dry goods and plaster of paris, but in r.
a'i'y of stones and rubbish; and aciusly
insured $4,000 dollars here, Io,000 dolla,
III Boston, 10000 dollars in Paris. h..
sides othersums III London and elsewhere
and then caused her to be sunk al Sc,
1t appeared, however, that the piece Of
roeuery from which they calculated ia
derive the greatest profit, was from an
ingenious deception practised upon tha
custom-house al Paris. This deceplio,
was managed in the following manner.
They first entered at the custom .honse
say 80 boxes of goods, amounting ~
1000 dollars, AMI procured the necessary
stamps upon the boxes but, then. instead
OF putting the boxes or board, thew onIs
carried them to some private place
where they removed the goods into othcr
| similar boxes, provided for The purpose
and supplied their place in the STAMPED
boxes, with rubbish of the same weight
winch was so ingeniousiy done, by splc.
ing the ropes, dc. &c. as TO e!u;!e susDi
cion. These boxes were then put on
board the schooner, as SO many boxes of
dry goods, with the cusiom-house STAMP.
which secured them from all further IN
specflon. Having thus succeeded with
FIRST 30 boxes, they filled a second 80 with
the same goods which had once been en-
tered, and second tilnc procured the
stamp OF tic cus;om-hoUsr; then, a Sc
cond time, they removed those boxes 70
some private place, where they in like
manner rlflcd them OF their genuine con
tents, and, filling them with stones. as
before, closed them neatly ND again.
and shipped them on board. In This way
they repeated the deception on the Gus
tom-house, until they had obtained its
stamp upon 81 boxes of stones, and shin.
ped hem OH board as dry goods. Hav-
ing thus loaded the schooner. their nexs
step was 10 provide for the lives of The
Innocent and unsuspecing crew, when the
vessel should go TO the bottom. For
which purpose, they procured clihker-
built boat, sufficient to hnld them all
with provisions and other necessaries !:
and, thus equipped, they wrote TO then,
friends III this country an account OF
their success, that they might do the
needful at the different insurance offices
and then SET out upon their voyage.
Alter meeting with some rough wea.
Their which caused them TO DELAY the
execution of their purpose, for fear OF
tnelr lives, they. at length after two abor-
1--WE attempts which failed through the
vigilance and activity of the mate.
succeeded i'll scuttlius her, in smooth sea,
on the 25tlI of Feb. about o in the morn
ing, IN lat. 26, so, n. and long. w. 90
10, which they shaped their course for
the nearest land, which was the Bahama
Islands, distant about 500 miles. aut,
arrived at Nassau the 3rd of March.
*. IL. Wolcott, the mate, who was not
let INTO the secret, swore, that the first
time the alarm was given that the vessel
was sinking, exerted himself, contrary ia
the remonstrance of Favours, and sue
cee,ed in gcttinga sail under the bot
tom, by means of which, they were able
to clear her hold of wafer, so that he
could examine the leak when he found
her bottom bored with augcr holes, which
he. plugged; but, that advantage was
taken of his being aloft with most oil
the crew, to bore others i'm anotIIerpIace
which was the cause of her sinking. Bni
the principal witness in the cause was Lefe.
vre himself, one of the conspirators and &C.
qualnted with the whole transaction fror
its origin, through all steps of itsprorress
down TO the present fine The tostiu,o