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

in lat. e6, so, N. long, w. GO, 10, gben
hey shaped their course for the nssre,t
and, which was the Bahama Islands,
iisiant about 500 miles, and arrived at
Nassau the Sd March.
r. II. Wolcott, the mate, who was MT
ct into the secret, swore that the 6rst
time the alarm was given, that the vessel
sas sinking, he cxerted himself, contrsry
to the remOnstrance OF Favours, and SUE,
ceeded in getting a sail under the bottom
1y means Of which. they were able to
clear her hold Of water, SO that he could
examine the leak ;'shen he found her
bottom bored with auger holes, which he
plugged but that advantages was taken
Of his being aloft with most Of the crew
to bore others in another place, W hich wa.
the cause of her sinking. But the princi.
pal witness in the cause was Lefeyr.
himself, one OF the conspirators, and &C.
quainted with the whole transaction from
its origin, through yall the Steps of il,
progress down to the present time. The
testimony which this man, who discOysr.
ed great snare Of intelligence, gave,wa,
SO clear, SO consistent, never involving
himself in contradiction, or even discOs'
ering the least embarrassment, though
closely aud severely Gro s-examiHcd By
able counsel, that he commanded uuiye,.
sal belief.
1t ought TO be mentioned that the per.
son the csnsp;rators first attempted to
corrupt, was one J. A. Durssean, :
Frenchman, who seems TO have listcnet
TO the proposals, but upon reflection, me-
only refused to be concerned, but discIrs.
ed the meLitated fraud to Mr.. w. Leyett.
of this town, in July last, to +. Depau,
and to several insurance cnmpanic,
in Boston. In the course Of the trial,
facts came out that induced strong
suspicious that the defendant and
some others had long been engaged ia
similar frauds, particularly in the SINKING
Of the brig Mary some years ago.
The Counsels in this highly interesting
case were, Messrs. Emmett, Hoffman, on
the part of the insurance company, and
Fisk, u. 5. ID. attorney, and Maxwell,
d. :. for the statc,and for the defendant,
Golden and ID. b. Ogden. We were no:
present, but understand there was great
display OF bar eloquence on both sides on
the occasion.
The jury retired about half past four
o'clock this morning, and returned inc
court Just after FIVE with verdict o.!
GUILTY.
Mr.. Roget's amiable wife and sister,
together with five or six children were
present the whole time. The sight Of
these two highly interesting Il wretched
females, and one of them, Mrs. X. in
situation OF all Others the most affecting,
surrounded too by her children, could Nc;
fail to create so powerful an effect Oh the
minds OF the court and jury, that nothing
short of the most satisfactory testlmonr
and due sense of the stern obligations
they were uader, could have produced
his conviction.
N. B. The names of others concerned
with Roget, but who are absent, or not
yet arrested, are, from prudential mo.
tives, concealed.
S.-N. B. We undo stand that GER
tain men were offered Mr.. Recorder as
Roget's bail, but he happened to postpone
taking them until the next day, and ID
the mean time the case was taken OF oil
his jurisdiction, by an indictment fouEd'
wlalsa court was sitting. En-. Post.