The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—March 26.

CLERKENWELL.—.Tames Love, aged 82, residing
at 2, Goldington-street, Somer's-town, and described on
the police sheet as of no occupation, was placed at the
bar on remand before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with ob-
taining, by false and fraudulent pretencc, the sum of
24. from Robert Pratt, of 23, Colonnade-mews, Russell-
spare, and ate-) with falsely representing himself to be
a police-constable.

It appeared from the evidence that on the previous
Wednesday the complainant was driving his cart in
Judd-street, near Brunswick-square, the cart having his
name chalked instead of
_printed on it. When near
Hunter-street, the defendant, who was standing on the
kerb, called to the complainant, and upon his going to
him, he said, "I am a police-constable. You have not
got your name on the cart in a legal way, and you may
think yourself lucky that my serjeant is not with me, or
I should be compelled to take it to the green-yard." He
further stated that he had just returned from the Mary-
lebone Police-court, where two men had been fined—
one 3Os. and the other 255. —for the same thing ; but
he would say nothing about if he was given 10i. The
complainant told him that he had not got any money
with him, and the defendant said he would call in the
evening for it. About seven o'clock he called, and said
" It was all right," and that he had settled it quietly.
He then asked for the money, when the prosecutor said
he had only get 25., which he placed on the table, and
which, after some demur, the prisoner took up. He
was then told that he would be given into custody, when
be rushed out of the house, but was, after a smart chase,
captured near the Foundling Hospital.
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The prisoner,its defence:-said he took the money as
compensation, because the prosecutor's horse had
knocked against him and hurt him. He bad never re-
presented himself as a police-constable.
Other evidence having been given, and witnesses
called who bore out the statement of the prosecutor,
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a most serious charge, and
one which must be determined by a higher tribunal.
He should therefore commit the prisoner for trial.

WORSHIP-STREET.—A respectable-iressecl young
man, who gave the name of Robert Hughes, was chaiged
before Mr. D'Eyncourt with the following rikery, at
the house of Mrs. Peplei, in. Curtain-road, Shoreditch.
Prosecutrix stated that on Tuesday morning the pri-
soner engaged a furnished apartment, and gave a refer-
ence at the west end of the town, stating that he had
just been appeieted to a responsible situation at the
Docks or Customs, she forgot which, and must sleep at
her house that night. His appearance and general
manner were of such apparent respectability that she
did not trouble herself to make any inquiry, and unsus-
pectingly be was permitted to take up his quarters there.
At an early hour that morning she heard some person
creeping stealthily down stairs, and it instantly flashed
across her mind that she had harboured a thief. Partly
opening a door by which the prisoner Must pass, she
saw him with two bundles beneath his arms, and in-
stantly intercepted him, with an accusation of robbery.
He admitted it, and begged to be forgiven, but he was
given into custody. The bundles containing all the bed
linen, and other articles, were attached to a string fast-
ened under his clothiug. In fact, he bad stripped the
room of all the linen.