The Sun. — 1859-06-04 (London, England)

THE MURDER 1N HEREFORDSHIRE.  FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  This morning the magistrates resumed their examination of John Isaac Jones, the accused murderer. The first witness was Jesse Hughes, clerk to the guardians of the union of this town, who deposed that prisoner became porter at that union on the 6th November, 1856, and remained in that employment until March 24, 1857, at a yearly salary of £l2 and rations. When prisoner went to be clerk at Mr. Masefield's witness lent him £3, which prisoner repaid him.  The magistrates refused to admit upon the depositions a testimonial to character which witness had received from the Birmingham workhouse. When prisoner became a porter here, stating that after what the master of the Birmingham workhouse had on the day before said with reference to the incomplete extent of the information of himself and others who gave testimonials to Jones when he left Birmingham, such a testimonial was of no value. Their worships, however, consented to record upon the depositions the application of the prisoner's solicitor that the testimonial might form a part of the depositions. J. H. Deakin deposed that at about half-past nine on the morning- that the murder was discovered he waa in the back kitchen of Mr. Mazefield's offices when the child Payne was brought through out of Mr. Bowkett's house to be examined by Superintendent Tanner and others in another room. Prisoner was also in the back kitchen, and said, " What is the use of that child's evidence ?" Witness replied, " Her evidence would be as good as anybody's." Jones repeated his former remark. As soon as the child was taken back into the inner room prisoner proceeded to the closed door, took off his hat, and bending down his head, listened to what was going on inside with considerable eagerness. Prisoner then opened the door and went in. He seemed a little agitated and looked examined—Prisoner knew that witness pcould ob-servehim listen.  Superintendent Geo. Tanner of the Herefordshire constabulary, was next examined. He deposed to what he saw at Mr. Masefield's office when called in on the morning after the murder, especially with reference to the appearance of the body and the state of the house and drawers. Was satisfied that the house was not entered by violence. Found on a shelf at the back of deceased's house a black wine bottle containing about a pint of gin. The burning body, when he found it, seemed to be clad in the customary daily garb. Produced the bludgeon that had been found locked up in prisoner's box, also the cord found under the body, and a large knife that might have broken open the drawer in Mr. Masefield's office. The knife he found in a chest of worth f drawers in Mrs. Baker's sitting-room. Found xl of in gold,.more than ss. in silver, ss. 6d. of the value of postage stamps, and receipt s.tamp. 5d., with also a pocket-book,eindawyh ings of the prisoner, from th entries were of a class but in which the previous d the day of his arrest, seemed to be osiefh the thempurrodceere tdO eanfudllymusoeht rfaorrtehr., different from those.reafenrreentry, " accident," and in Early in the book isds 6' amputation." [Prisoner a few days afterward, w'hearde instated that the injuries inflicted by bushrangeri itrr hiwei oboes tr ehle hi his lea