Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-06-22
NEW RIVAL TRADE

NEW RIVAL TRADE
! Extract OF a letter from Liverpool, dated May
5,toa merchant in the city of Boston.
'The London market on Monday. and
ours yesterday, were rather lower IN
grain, and the promising appearance Of
Spring will rather add - the ieellng A
new feature in trade is the permitting the
intercourse direc, between The European
Continent and our Colonies. SblpmsDts,
we believe, are now making at Hamburg,
lone vessel has arrived at Halifax, OF
bread and -four, for Newfoundland, where
il will be admitted on lower duties tlan
from the United States, and will cost such
low prices as will put an end to that trade
from this country. They offer US al Dant.
zig, -four al lbs. Cd. (about 81. tree on
board per barrel. II this answers, at New
Foundland, it will be followed in the Is
lands, and slaves will accompany the
| Aour.'
BALTIMORE, Juoe l8-The folio w
ing curious case was tried at this pre-.
sen, term of Baltimore City Court, and
excited considerable interest among the
court, jury md by-standers.
Henry Chase. alias John Butler, was
Indicted for stealing from one Prssbury.
a handkerchief and FIVE dollar note
wrapped therein. The prisoner on his
arrsignment pleaded not guilty
1t appeared in evidence, that ono
Presbury had been At market, and sold
some articles for which he had been
paid-tbs. no wrapped this money, Grst,
in piece Of paper found in the street,
and then in his Observation-Disclosures, the
prisoner met him in market and was
desirous to sell him some old clothes
that he, Presbury, hrs brother and wife
together with tho prisoner; went 10
shop in which there were several wo-
men--they had not been long there
when Presbury missed his handkerchief
and money, & was infor med that lie n.
ry Chase had stolen it--Presbury fol.
lowed Chase Immediately, bat was un.
able to overtake him-some time after
he saw The prisoner in the street and
had bin arrested, when upon examin.
ing him, nothing was found but piece
Of sper, which looked much like that
in which the money was enclosed
Presbury was positive that the prisoner
was The man who had stolen the money,
from his voice, dress and appearance.
particularly on account of scar on his
face
Sabina Presbury, his wife, prov cd,
that a. she stood outside Of the shop,
she saw the prisoner steal the hand
kerchieffrom her husband, that she told
her husband immediately, but he was
unable to apprehend him, that the pri.
soner was the thief. from his whole ap.
pearance and the scar on his face.
Several other witnesses on the part
Of the prisoner, swore that they saw H.
Chase steal the property in question,
and that the prisoner wac not Henry
Chase but John Butler, who looked
great deal like hm-that they were of
the same color, and that they both had
scars on their faces, but that the prison
er was perfectly innocent of this crime.
not being in that shop for some time
The paper which was found on the pri.
soner when arrested had kind of pow
der in it; and it vas stated by the con.
stable thst when the prisoner was Or.
rested by the name Of Chsse, no
promptly denied that being his name
and gave his real ono, John Butler.
The character Of the prisoner was
proved by several respectable persons
to be very good, while that Of Henry
Chase was shown to be extremely bad.
Great doubt WAS created BY the 20.
sitive manner with which Presbury and
his wife. swore to tho identity Of the
prisoner, rendered very impressive by !
the scar which was on his right cheek
and which they recognised at every |
meeting. For unately. during the course
Of the trisl, it was discovered that Hen.
~ Chase bad . scar of tho same kind,
on,he same spot which had misIed the
prosecuting witDess-without the dia.
covery of which fact, the prisoner would
havs, perhaps. been conscientiously. al. |
though upjustly convicted. The Jury |
without leaving the boz. returned .
verdict Of not guilty.
1t has since been remarked that the
similarity between the prisoner and
Chase is so great, - to render it no 20.
~ matter to distinguish them apart,
Counsel for the state, T. B. Dorsey,
Esq. Attorney General. Counsel for
the prisoner, J H. Lairobe and Viii.
liam 3. Donaldson, Esqr'.
lied. Gas.