The Sun.
London, England, 1830-05-14 00:00:00

11ARLBOROUGH-STRINT.

Thomas and Charles Garla►►d, two youths,
brothers, one about 18, and the other about 16
years of age, in custody charged with a robbery at
the house of Madame Vestris, the actress, werelyes-
terday brought before Mr. ROE, the Magistrate, for
final examination.

The first witness examined was Eliza Lucy Yes-
tris, who deposed as follows :—I am a widow, and
reside at No. 1, Chapel-street, Mayfair. The pri-
soner Thomas Garland was in my service as foot-
boy, for about two months previous to the 27th day
of April last. Between eleven and twelve o'clock
in the forenoon of that day, the prisoner attended
me with trty carriage to Drury-lane Theatre, and
left me there. I told him to return again for me
with the carriage at a particular hour, but he never

did. The coachman, however, brought the carriage
at the appointed time, having been directed by the
prisoner to do so. When I got into the carriage,
I immediately missed my carriage-basket, in which
I had left my purse, containing three Bank of Eng-
land notes for 101. each, several sovereigns; and
some silver, together with a Bramah key. On my
arrival home, I inquired for the prisoner, but he was
uo where to be found, and on going to my dressing-
r'oorn, I missed from off my table there two valuable
rings, one of which had cost me 15 guineas, and
the other 10. guineas. The ring now produced is
one of those I so missed, and is the most valuable of
the, two. When I got out of the carriage at the
theatre, I took off a lace veil I wore, and gave it to li
the prisoner, desiring him to bring it to me again
when he returned ; but that also, I found when I
got home, was gone. ratio one now produced id
the same I lost, and cost me 12 guineas, but I do
not now value it at more than about seven guineas.
The three 10/. notes that I left in my purse were
three of six notes for a like amount that I received
in payment of a cheque from the banking house of
Messrs. Morland and Co., in Pall-mall, and the
money for the cheque was brought to me by the
prisoner, whom I sent to the bank. From the time
the prisoner absconded, I saw nothing of him until
I saw him in custody at this office. The other pri-
soner, Charles Garland, was in the habit of coming
occasionally to my house with my permission, to
assist his brother, and on one occasion was there for
a week together.
William Henry Lamb was a clerki n the banking
house of Messrs. Morland and Co., and recollected
that on the 24th of last month, he paid to the pri-
soner Thomas Garland six notes of the Bank of
England for 10/. each, and two sovereigns, as the
amount of a cheque for 62/., drawn by Mr. Price, the
late lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, in favour of
Madame Vestris. The three 101. notes now pro-
duced were three of the six notes lie so paid to the
prisoner.

Other witnesses were examined, and the case was
clearly proved.
The prisoners declined saying any thing—indeed,
the Magistrate said it was impossible they could have
any thing to say, the case was so very clear; and
they were fully committed to Newgate for trial, and
Madame Vestris and the other witnesses bound over
to prosecute. _ . _

The prisoner Thomas, on being removed from the
office, asked if the money found upon them by the
officer would not be returned to them.
Mr. ROE said that this was about one of the most
impudent questions he bad ever heard asked, after
they had themselves admitted that the money found
on them was part of the stolen property. Indeed,
he said, they should not have one farthing of it given
to them.

The investigation of this case seemed to excite a
great deal of what we suppose was nothing but idle
curiosity, for the office was crowded to excess with
persons who had no connection whatever with the
proceedings, or with any other business in progress.