The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-08-25 00:00:00

Pozres.

arstlCZ-100,11, GUILD/11AL/, AUOVRT 24.
A eetiteel-loihigeg man, of the mime of 8e.,, was charged
by • Mr. BMA %drier, • ciuthier, in l'ismg ite-street, with
calling at hit slusp, pots day evening, 11.:ts ran filttr mid ire
o'clock, maordering to be seat to the Three Pigeons pub-
lic•house, Stitcher-ball-lane, two blue cloth coats •ud two
pair of trowsers ; he accordingly sent his shop.
keeper with them. About an hour titer, be received a
message from the shopkeeper, to rum-• to him ; lie went,
when be (mind Mr. Bass with one of the (Was and a I/21r rat
the Nankin frowners on. He asked him to return the
clothes, or pay fur them' He said he would give him a
check for the mosey, soil if he dial nut accept of that. he
might get the y the hest way he could • and us to the
clothes, he should not have them; nod Observed, point-
ing to the other coat, sidtich was lying on a chair, if be
touched it, be would indict him for rubbery. The Prosecutor
asked him was be jesting' fur he could be good tempered
as long as soy person, and he wilibcd ouly to hove his clothes
or the price of them. The PI-owner replied, he was not
jesting, fur he was determined he should not bare them or
the money; if he thought proper, he might, harePa check.
This 1w refused, it being past Bank hones. At this time a
hey came into the romn, and said that the cheek be had re.
reined from the Prisoner would not he paid until the persoo
shorn it was drawn on saw the Prisoner. The Prosecutor
k,ok,d at the cheek • it was drawn on Msurs. llasikey and
Cu., buskers. He ;old the l'risoner, that check bring re-
turned, was but a pour encouragement fur him to act rot of
soother. The Prisoner mid, it was no matter; and took a
pen and cancelled it is the usual way that men of business
did. There were several persons in the r 3017111, apparently
the companions of the Prisouer. A post•hoy came ha, end
said the coach was ready, and they all gut up, seemingly to
go off together. The Prosecutor stopped them, and said be
would wend fur a constable, asset have the Prisoner taken
tutu custody; when one of his couyanions'
ma se attorney,
*aid, Wise did, he sOO4l bring an adroit of diuges agaiust
him for false improminitent ; -however, the Preiseemi.r gave
him into.cismody of • tonatablc, and used every kind of per
suasion to induce him to deliver up the clothes, but iu vain.
The attorney advised tile PIIIIMICT to go to the Compter,
and he would support au action of damages against the
Prosecutor. •

The Prisoner had one of the coats on when brought up for
ratananrat
Julio Blackly, the shopkeeper of the Prosecutor, core°.
lutrated the hstlisismy of the Prosecutor.
Several Gentlemen asserted, that the Prisoner was a man
of reap! etilde COOOVCIIOOI4 sod of property that k vs.
irafortuuste ahem-eer he drank—that he always gut into
some serape. It ass lint a short time hark that he had to
pay tool. diumag's for seaustaluns es-premien', that he had
made u,e of In a drunken frolic ; they acre cootident he did
nt.: mess to defraud the Prosecutor, however appesrances
rre evilest him. One of tiour sa.d, be was essaitident he
h.,d amoral lo the ti,,utts of Melon its•tkey and CO. fpr
nut throw weeks ago, rl nixed cold. from trees rNC cheeks of
the Prr.oner, end they hop.-. 1 1... Kt whir aoutd not push
the business any hullo r, and the Prisoner would pay the
Worst of the clothe,.
Mr. Blaclisdar, deelared‘ he had never aeon the Prisoner
before, sod if any of the (,entleuien who had been present
lift caviling. huh Mahe the se',ie statement that they
then, he struico not have prniistest in the Pt :11114resi being
takes. into roslody, Lot instead of which they encouraged
him in the- fraud.
The OtatillsTlLlTS *mitred which of them it was threat-
ened the Prmatutor with an active of damages, for they
might hate been all tak.-• iota custody'; and,..if the Prose_
ruts wished, it • ...ulsl be hie de.ty tio ,c4iniiiit the whole, as
they were a:1 accessary to the fraud. •
The Attorney leketeeicillged he was the pence• that bad
made use the expressioa ; but the fact was, they had
brew all taking too tooth sine.
Mr. Bisckaettkr agreed to give up the prosecution, on be-
igis pawl the anstrieut of his bill, which was ace ordin7,l), dour,
sod Mr. Baas _Nag 611011Chalgea, after teems lug a severer epri-
mand frees the worths Alderman.