PETERSFIELD.
Agent-MR. G. DUPLOCK
PETTY SESSIONS.—Tuesday.—Present: J. Waddington, Esq. (chairman), Sir A. H. Macdonald, Bart., and J. Bonham Carter, Esq., M.P.
— Thomas King, John King, and Thomas Carpenter were charged, on the information of Daniel Barrett, with stealing two rabbit gins in Hazel Copse, in the parish of Catherington, on the 14th instant. Convicted. Prisoners had been remanded, and in default of bail had been in custody lor 10 days. The Bench, taking this into consideration, sentenced them to 11 days’ imprisonment, with hard labour.
— William Matthews was charged with stealing, and his wife, Louisa Matthews, with feloniously receiving, four florins and two half-crowns, the property of John Draper. The facts of the case, as given in evidence, were as follows:—On the evening of Thursday last the complainant, John Draper, and the male prisoner went into the Bell, public-house, in Petersfield, in company with another man, named Englefield, and, after drinking together, the latter and Draper both fell asleep. Matthews left the house, and was met by a young voman, named Harriet Gillman, who enquired of him where Draper was, and on being directed by him to the ‟Bell,” went there and, finding him asleep with his purse hanging partly out of his pocket, took him by the collar and awoke him, saying; ‟Wake up, or you’ll lose your money.” Gillman and Draper then left the house, but when they had gone a few yards the latter put his hand into his pocket and found that his money was gone. He then returned to the ‟Bell,” and enquired of the landlady who had been into the room while he was asleep, and was told by her that no one but his own party had been in. He then went across to the police-station and informed Mr. Superintendent Longland of his loss, mentioning his suspicion that Matthews had robbed him, and adding that two of the florins had marks on them by which he could identify them. P.C. Elderfield was there-upon despatched to the Blue Anchor, public-house, at the top of Ramshill, where both the prisoners were found drinking together. He first searched the male prisoner, but found nothing of any importance on him. He then enquired of the woman what she had in her pockets. She gave him a purse, containing a shilling, but he found loose in her pocket four florins and two half-crowns, which she said belonged to her, and her husband remarked at the same moment that ‟nobody could swear to them.” Draper, who was in an adjoining room, was then called in, and he identified two of the florins as part of the money he had lost. Prisoners were thereupon charged and taken into custody. Committed for trial at the quarter sessions. The Chairman informed them that bail would be accepted if they could procure two sureties of 10l. each. Mr. Mekeln, the landlord of the ‟Blue Anchor,” tendered himself as one bondsman, but failing to find a second the prisoners were removed in custody.
See also 4-Jul-1863
— Eli Porter, of Buriton, was charged, on the information of William Gumbrell, with having in his possession, on Sunday, the 10th inst,, four pheasants’ eggs. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined the full penalty of 5s. each egg and 7s. 6d. costs, or three weeks’ imprisonment, with hard labour. The money was paid.