PETERSFIELD
Agent—Miss DUPLOCK
PETTY SESSIONS, Tuesday.—Present: Hon. J. J. Carnegie (Chairman), J. Bonham-Carter, Esq., M.P., Sir J. C. Jervoise. Bart., M.P., J. Martineau, Esq.
Larceny.
— George Phillips was charged with stealing one sovereign and two half-sovereigns, the property of Henry Denyer.—Prosecutor deposed that he lived at Liphook; worked for Mr. John Christmas; lodged at the house of Henry Kingshott. Prisoner lodged in the same house, and slept in the same bed with witness. On Sunday morning, the 11th inst., on getting up, he (Denyer) missed from his trowsers’ pocket the money laid in the information. His trowsers were lying on the top of a box. He said nothing to prisoner that day, but on the following Thursday told him he had lost 2l. Prisoner replied that knew nothing about it. The next day (Friday), as they were coming down a lane together, witness asked prisoner if he had found the money. He replied that he had not, but afterwards he said he found it on the bed; and at dinner time on that day he went up stairs and fetched a half-sovereign, and gave it to witness. He said he found it on the bed on Monday morning, and put it under the bed-post. Witness then went for P.C. Buckley, and gave prisoner into custody. The money was in a cloth purse; found the purse in the trowsers’ pocket; the money only was gone.
— John Eames corroborated the evidence of last witness as to prisoner fetching down the half-sovereign, and saying that he found it on the bed and put it under the bed-post.
— James Weeks, a watchmaker living at Haslemere, deposed to prisoner and the witness Eames coming to his shop on the evening of Saturday, the 10th, when the former purchased a watch at 27s., for which he paid with a sovereign and half-sovereign. The watch was produced by P.C. Buckley, and identified by witness.
— George Buckley deposed to taking prisoner into custody on Friday, the 16th, on searching him he found in his pocket a half-crown, a florin, and a sixpence, and also the watch produced, and identified by the last witness. This witness stated, in answer to questions from the Bench, that prisoner worked for Mr. John Christmas, of Liphook, he believed his wages were 6s. a week. Mr. Christmas was not present, he (witness) had requested him to attend, but he said he should not, if they wanted him they must come to him. The chairman animadverted strongly on Mr. Christmas’s non-attendance, and said that a summons would be issued forthwith, and if that were not attended to it would be followed by a warrant to compel his attendance accordingly. P.C. Buckley having deposed an oath that he considered Mr. Christmas’s evidence necessary, a summons was made out, and the case was adjourned till the next day.
Mr. Superintendent Fey v. the Surveyors of Highways for the Parish of Liss.—This information for the non-repair of a piece of road near the railway station at Liss was laid some months ago, and the particulars were then given in our ‟Bench report.” Mr. Adams, of Buriton, was appointed to ‟view” the road in question, and report thereon, that gentleman now presented his report, and by means of a plan explained to the Bench the position and state of the road. The Magistrates thereupon convicted the defendants in the nominal penalty of 1s., and made order for the repair of the road by the 7th of February next.
MAGISTRATES' CLERK'S OFFICE, Wednesday.
— George Phillips was again brought up on remand before J. Bonham Carter, Esq., M.P. Mr. John Christmas being now present deposed as follows: —I occupy a farm in the parish of Bramshott. Prisoner has been in my employ since Michaelmas last, his wages have been 6s. a week, I have paid him every week, he was paid up to the Friday before he was taken into custody, I owe him for one week now, I never paid him any gold, or more than one week’s wages at a time. Mr. Bonham Carter having cautioned the prisoner in the usual form asked If he had anything to say, he replied ‟I never had the money.”—Committed for trial at the next quarter sessions.
(See also 14-Jan-1860)