South Eastern Gazette, Tuesday 15 April 1862.

County Petty Sessions.

Wednesday. Before W. H. Nicholson and J. Foord, Esq.

Edward Wood, waiter and porter to Mr. James Peters, landlord of the "Five Bells" public house, Lower Halling, was charged with stealing 14s. 6d., on the 7th inst., the property of his master.

Prosecutor said he sent prisoner on the 7th to the lime-kilns at Halling, to receive the money from the workmen when there for the previous week's beer. On his return prosecutor, without requiring the money from him, dispatched him again to the kilns, with 9 quarts of beer, and 2s. 6d. to give any change which he might require, to the men. He did not see him again until the he was in custody.

James Wooden, Benjamin Wall, William Mannering, and John Marsh, stated that they've respectively had paid prisoner on the morning of the 7th, for beer supplied by prosecutor, the sums of 9s. 6d., 2s. 6d., 1s. 7d., and 1s. 2d.

P.C. 139 apprehended prisoner on the 8th inst., at Chatham, near the "Ship" public house, when prisoner said to him, "I did come away with the money, but I meant going back again though I didn't think you would be after me so soon." Witnessed told prisoner prosecutor accused him of having stolen about £1, when he said he should think that he perhaps might have done so.

Committed for trial.