The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-11-27 00:00:00

PoLict.
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aloW-tratrt.
A few 'gays eigoe sore of the geatiegtoa befogging to the
Metropolitan Law Swirly applied to Mr. Birgit, the Magis-
trate, for proceedings to be instituted against a gentlemen
of the law of she same of William Black, charging him with
• fraud in having obtained money under false pretence',
in having drawn a check ono banker where he had no effects
l meet the demand, and after drae consideration of the cir-
cumstance" attending the trusilactinto, n warrant wan ►ssued
to apprehend Mr. Black upon the charge.
On Saturday he was brought to the throe, and underwent
an examination before Mr. Mind/till, she sitting Magistrate,
when Mr. IVllliam Hernshaw, jou. •law etatinner of Entre.
street, in the Str•nd, attended, and stated, that on the ?Ist
of October last Mr. Black came so his shop and pocketed
parchment and paper to the amount of 12s. 84 in payment
for which he asked If he bad any rilliketiun to take his clock
for st. on his bankers, Sir Joint Perring and res. toad being
answered that he had not, he gave the check and receies d
the change It was then paid four o'clock, and it was nut
convenient to send the cheek immediately to the hankers
fur the payment; and as they slid not send it directly, It
wuuld be past five o'etnck, and eunser.pently tun tare to he
paid on that day. (hi M lay • murnine, about eleven
o'clock he received a messier. from she Drfetuittit, ataiin:
that • mistake hail happened, and desiring him not to I•ee•
sent the check un that day, whirls he complied with. On
the following morning (Tuesday) he went to Sir J. Peering
and Co.'s Bank in Cortihill, and presented the cheek for
payment. The clerk who received the check refused to pay
the eirionso drawn fur, on account of having no rash
band, et she RUIN` sift, lanrhiog, and saying there hail Wen
several other cheeks of • similar amount drawn by the sass
party.
Mr. Harmer attended for the Defendant, and produced his
banking-break with Sii Julia Prrriug and Co. to prove that
he slid hei p cash there, and also that on she 21st of (Molter
last he hail a balance in his faitiisir of 2/ 1d•. lie contend.
ed that many person• ove drew their arCOlitli %%idi-
om Its bring deemed • false pretence, and, therefore, hie
Client had not committed any °Writer.. _ _

The ea.., it *ll2l agreed by the prtin, shook' stand over
to a future day.

THE DARING THIEVES' PLOT.

We rentgrattalete our readers upon the apprehension of
four of the •illaius who wounded Mnr4nleo, the gaoler, mud
also of Joere, the third of the buit'ars, and who, it ....ems,
was the instigator of the risco... They were all tak.n
to-
gether,on Saturday night, at n house knout, as a iccurt of the
most dangerusis eltarneter. iu St. Geurg.'s.h.lJa, and wire
safely lodged in Hur.emotig 3.fleries, Balmer,
stud others, accompanied lr. Colllll,ll, the Magistrate,
to the lamer, where the Prisoners west apprehended.—
rio doubt is reit...mined that the greater part of this flaring
cane• will lit brought to justice. as the reward of lea by
Government, and other information, ha. put the Police i■
piusesoiun of a knowledge of the whole of them. The Dale
Prisoner now at large is Murray, a youth or 16. The whole
will he ex-mined this tiny. Mirrigirll was better yesterday,
but he is still in much uncertainty of recovering.