PETERSFIELD.
Agent—Miss DUPLOCK

     MAGISTRATES’ CLERK’S OFFICE, Dec. 24, before Hon. J. J. Carnegie,

—   James Bone was brought up on remand, with burglary committed in the house of Mr. James Vinson, of Liss, on the night of Saturday, the 18th December.
— Sophia Jenkins deposed: I am housekeeper to Mr. Vinson. On Saturday night, the 18th December, I went to bed about half-past ten o’clock; I was the last up. I fastened the front and back doors. I am quite sure the pantry window was whole and unbroken. On Sunday morning I got up about half past six and went into the pantry to get the breakfast things. I then discovered that the window was broken and the hasp unfastened. There was room in the broken pane of glass to get a hand through and undo the fastening; there was no iron bar to the window. I missed from the pantry a pig’s face (cooked), some bread, butter, an apple pie, a pound of currants in a paper as they came from the shop, some lard scraps, a piece of cheese, a griskin of pork (uncooked), a hand of pork from the pork tub, and a small piece of chine. On discovering the robbery I called my master in.
— James Vinson deposed: Prisoner had been in my service about seven years, living in the house. He left a month ago last Wednesday. On Saturday night last went to bed about ten o’clock; I left Mrs. Jenkins up. Next morning, about eight o’clock, I went to the stable; and in consequence of something Jenkins told me I returned to the house and looked into the pantry. I saw a pane of glass was gone from the window, and that the window was open. I missed [here witness enumerated the articles mentioned by last witness]. About eleven o’clock I went, with P.C. James Edson, to prisoner’s house, which is about three-quarters of a mile from my house. Prisoner was not at-home. Edson searched the house, after which I went with him and Mr. Woodbourne up to the Common, about half a mile from prisoner’s house.
— James Edson deposed: In consequence of information I received from Mr. Vinson on Sunday morning, the 19th, I went with him to prisoner’s house. On searching the cottage I found a piece of short bone in a dish on the table with some potatoes, not cooked. Prisoner was not at home when I first went to the house. I saw a blue round frock hanging on a line in the garden; it was wet, and had grease and salt on it. I then went into the house again and took the pot off the fire, and found a pudding, containing meat, six or eight pieces of pork similar to what I had found in the dish. I then went into the bed-room, and found some lard scraps and a few currants among them under the bed in a basin. I found behind a box a quantity of currants in a paper which had burst. I also found some salt butter, about a pound, wrapped in brown paper at the bottom of another box; and in the sitting-room I found a small piece of cheese in the cupboard. While I was searching the house prisoner came home, and I took him into custody, and told him he was charged with breaking into the house of Mr. James Vinson and stealing some pork, &c. I then left the prisoner in the custody of Robert Purchase, and went with Mr. Vinson and Mr. Woodbourne on to the common. I heard Mr. Woodbourne holloa and went to him. I saw he had a basket, which I opened, and took off an old shawl from the top. I found it contained meat, salt pork, a griskin, and shoulder, cut into four pieces, also a small piece of chine. After the meat was found I saw some tracks on the ground of shoes without nails, but with irons on the heels. The tracks were going to and coming from the place where the meat was found; they were quite fresh. The night before had been very wet. I then returned to prisoner’s cottage and took off his shoes. I then went with Mr. Woodbourne and compared them with the prints on the ground by placing them side by side. I did this in three different places with both shoes, and found them correspond exactly. I then returned to Mr. Vinson’s house, and compared the piece of chine from the basket found by Mr. Woodbourne on the common with a piece of chine taken out of the pork-tub in my presence; the two pieces fit exactly. I handed the whole of the articles, together with the prisoner, over to Mr. Superintendent Fey.
— Samuel Woodbourne deposed: On Sunday, the 19th, about ten o’clock, I went with Policeman Edson and Mr. Vinson to the prisoner’s house. I saw Edson find some scraps and currants in the bed-room. I then accompanied him and Mr. Vinson to the common. We tracked some one up the line from the prisoner’s house to the common. The ground is sand part of the way. The night before had been very wet. When we got upon the common we went in different directions, and near a stone-heap I saw some foot-prints, as if a person had turned round. I looked across the stone-pit, and saw some sods which appeared to have been moved. I went to the place and moved the sods, and found a basket containing some meat (pork) wrapped up in a shawl. I holloaed to Edson and Vinson, and they came to me. Edson opened the basket; there were some short bones, a tail, chine, and fore part of a flitch; it was cut into four pieces. The policeman took possession of the meat, and went to the prisoner’s house, where he took off his shoes. I then went with him to the common and compared the prisoner's shoes with the tracks, and found they agreed exactly.
— Robert Purchase deposed: I live at Liss. About a fortnight ago I killed a pig for Mr. James Vinson and cut it up. I have examined the four pieces of pork now produced by Mr. Superintendent Fey, and have no doubt they formed one piece. I have also compared it with a piece of the pork in the tub and found it agree exactly.
— Reuben Jenkins deposed: I keep the Bell Inn, at Liss. On Saturday night last prisoner was at my house from eight or nine o’clock till about twelve. The distance from my house to Mr. Vinson’s is about 200 yards.
— Mr. Superintendent Fey deposed: On Sunday last, about twelve o’clock, I went to Mr. James Vinson’s house at Liss, and examined a pantry-window. I saw marks on the sill of the window like scratches from nails, and also some dirt, as if some person had got in at the window. I went from thence to Liss-common, where I took charge of the prisoner, and also the articles now produced, all of which have been in my custody ever since.
— Mr. Vinson, on being re-called, made the following addition to his former testimony: The shawl now produced is just like one that prisoner’s wife and her daughter Jane used to wear, and which I have seen in my house scores of times. Prisoner usually wore a blue round frock.
—   The prisoner declined to say anything, and was fully committed for trial at Winchester in February next.