The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-05 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Oct. 4.

The October general quarter sessions commenced
at Clerkenwell, but the only business before the Court
was the receipt of the jury lists from the high con-
stables of the divisions and hundreds of the county.
The magistrates present were—Mr. Pownall (the
chairman), Mr. James Roe, Mr. Gould, and Mr.
Woodward.

The applications for the renewal of old and the
granting of new licences for music and dancing will
be heard on Thursday. There are 48 applica►tions for
the renewal of licences for music only, and 59 for the
renewal of licences for music and dancing. There
are 42 new applications of the former character and
10 of the latter.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Edward 111'Dowell, who bad several years ago
been a constable in the City police-force, was charged
with having begged under false and fraudulent pre-
tences. _ _

Mr. T. H. Jones, clerk to a silk merchant, said—
On the 25th of September the prisoner came to my
private house, and said he had officiated on the beat
of my employer's premises as a policeman, but having
been subject to fits, was rendered incapable of per-
forming duty, and was going about for the purpose
of getting money to purchase a licence as a hawker.
He told me he had collected 4/. which he had depo-
sited for security in the hands of the vestry-clerk of
Cripplegate, and I gave him 25., believing his repre-
sentation to be true. On Saturday last he came to
the counting-house of my employer, not knowing
that I was connected with the establishment, and
inquired for Mr. Pattison, saying that he had carried
a board for the late Mr. Pattison at the City election,
and that he had been a policeman upon Broad-street
beat. By this time I had ascertained that I had been
imposed upon, and that instead of his having been
lately a policeman, he had been discharged from the
force ten years ago, and had been frequently in cus-
tody upon charges of fraud committed upon chari-
table persons.
The prisoner—I own that I was not on that beat,
and that I have been in custody, but not for two
years ; that I have not been in the police for ten
years, and that I have done as I ought not to have
done, but I promise you if you discharge me now
that neither you nor the city of London shall ever see
my face again.
The LORD MAYOR—You are in consequence of
your former position one of the most dangerous of
mendicants, and I shall try what two months of hard
labour and poor diet will do for you.—Committed.
Richard Collins, a well-dressed and well-known
pickpocket, was charged with having attempted to
pick a gentleman's pocket.
Mr. F. W. Stevens said, that while waiting in Ald-
gate, on Sunday evening, for an omnibus, he was told
that his handkerchief had been stolen by the prisoner,
who was in the company of two other well-dressed
men. He spoke to the prisoner, and immediately
afterwards he saw his handkerchief on the ground.
He picked it up and called " stop thief" after the pri-
soner, who ran up Church-row. Webb, the detec-
tive officer, who caught a glimpse of the fellow,
slipped round and directly ran into his arms as he
came capering along towards Houndsditch.
"I knew the prisoner, and he knew me," said Webb,
and he asked me, when we came together, whether I
had seen a thief running away. "Yes," said I, " and
I have just caught him."—(Laughter.)
The LORD Meroa—Have you known him to be a
bad character for any length of time ? Webb—He
has been to my knowledge the associate of thieves for
some time.

The prisoner—l admit that I have some low ac-
quaintances, but I have not lately been with any, and
really I haven't done this thing. But suspicion is
quite enough.
The LORD MAYOR—Nobody would think from
your appearance that you were one of a gang, and
you are therefore the more dangerous. The sentence
of the Court upon you is, that you be imprisoned in
the House of Correction, with hard labour, for two
months.