The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-08-22 00:00:00

POLICE.

11ANAIOK•110171177..-1esterday, a person of military appearance,
named Robert Phillips, was brought up under Sir T. Plomer's
Act. on a charge of having violated the trust reposed in him as an
agent, by fraudtvently selling not a quantity of Stook beinng:ng to
John Dannely. arid appropriating the proceeds to his own use.
John Ihineelv. the prosecutor, deposed that he is a retired
Licotenuta of t!. second regiment of Knyal Veterans. Ile had
ertipluyed the prlstieer to receive and transmit Ida pay far him.
Artiness resided in Jersey. In 1821 he reninted I.uU. to the psi.
tamer, to invest In the Navy Five per Cents. This was dune.
When the Navy Fire per Cent& were paid off, it was recommended
by him that this motley should be re-invested in the Three per
Cents. Witness sent him a power of attorney to sell it out of the
Five per Cents. and a erg-Jest to re.inrest it ii, the 'rime per Cents.
as be had suggested. The. charge now preferred *gains the prisoner
pas, that lie had re-invested the money, not in the name ni the
rosecutor, but Ida own, and that he had subsequendy sold it out,
and msde use of the proceeds,
Two Solicitors attended on the prisoner's behalf ; one of them
(Mr. Humphries) contended that the case did net come within the
meaning of Sir T. Plower's Act, as an agent. He had received
Ina Warner.
The Prosecutor—l eon prove that I tendered him mooey, which
he refused.
Sir Jolts Penn's° said, that to his appreheirion it did not
appear that the payment of money was requisite. He considered
that a man was an agent who undertook to act fur another, whether
he was paid for it or not ; end that the etatute did not contem.
plate any limitation of the nature contended for by the learned
Chnuletnan.
Mr. Humphries said, that at the most the offence, upon the
prosetutor's statement, was a mistietneartour. and nut a felony.
The other Solicitor spoke in ti time scarcely
.audible, but we
uoihrstood bins to say he should be able to prove it only a debt.
After eatne farther discussion upon the Act, the prisoner was
remanded.
Bow eritenr.--Veeterdey. a dealer in marine stores, living In.'
Iltag.har, named Marshall, was brought before Mr. Minshull,
merged by one Sharpe, a beaker, with threatening to ** stick him"
watt a knife.
Ilach party brought a Barrister to conduct. end a host of wit.
onion to prove, ids case, which in itself posseitasl very little in-
serest indeed.
It snot seed that Sharpe,. the broker, had been employed by
use now a premner in the Fleet, to distrain upon
Marshall's weals for rent. The lather denied the right of
Al`Kan.
wan to dir.wt a distraint, upon the ground that was not the lota
Me prepriesur of the premises ; and he, therefore, alien Sharpe
come with hs *steam took up a long knife, and swore he would
n• stick" him, it he proceeded to levy. Sharpe, upon this, took up a
flib. weight, and burled it at Marshall's lora& who was levelled
with the earth by the blow. Marshall, for this assault, crawled
Sharpe to be taken before the Thames l'oliee Magi-trate& who,
an a full heating of the facts, ordered the broker to find bail ; but
the latter having subsegcently obtained the advice of some disk-
Pouted lawyer. spplitti at this oilice for a warrant to apprehend
Marshall for threatening to " stick" him.
Mr. Mt asset, it.. mum hearing that the case had been once heard
at esenther office, immediately stopped the inquiry, and dismisses
the complaint altogether. lie was, he said, bound to suppose that
Abe Magistrate at the Thames Police had gone fully into the case,
and be (Mr. fil.) weuld not hate the time of this office taken up by
a second investigation even into an affair of so much importance as
a Rag-fair row.
The warrant Wag distnimed, the lawyers put up their briefs, and
thus ended this mighty affair, to the diaappointnient„ and certainly
not to the profit, r all but the alotesaid legal gentlemen.
'f we boys were fully committed for picking pockets on Saturday
night.