The Sun.
London, England, 1831-09-13 00:00:00

NEW PEERS.

In the course of the morning the following new Peers
were introduced and took the oaths and their seats.

The Marquis of WESTMINSTER (late Earl GROSVENOR),
introduced by the Marquises of LANSDOWNE and Clio',
moNDEI-FT. . _

Lord POLTIMORE (late Sir G. BAMPFYLDE) introduced
by Lords DUCIE and SEGRAVE.
Lord PANMEmE (late Hon. W. MAULE), introduced
by Lords BELHAVEN and DOVER.
Lord DINORBEN, (l.tte Wat. LEWIS HUGHES, Esq.)
introduced by Lords DucrE and DUNDAS.
The Earl of BURLINGTON, (late Lord GEORGE Au-
GUSTUS HENRY CAVENDISH) introduced by the Earls of
GOSFORD and CARLISLE.

The Earl of CAMPERDOWN, (late Viscount Du NcAN) in-
troduced by Earls ALBEMARLE and GOSFORD.

OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

William Packham, aged 38, a respectable-looking
man, was indicted for embezzling 25., the property of his
master, Mr. Thomas Watney, a corn-dealer, in Weymouth-
mews, Weymouth-street, Alarylebone. The prisoner was
found Guilty.
A man who was called to swear that the prisoner had
paid his master the 25., was committed to Newgate for
wilful and corrupt perjury, the Jury stating they did not
believe his evidence.
James Robinson, a respectable-looking young man, 20
years of age, who had for some time been in the service of
Messrs. Cha►les James East and Henry Vigurs East, ex-
tensive woollen-drapers, and who, on the second day of
the present Sessions, pleaded Guilty to three indict-
ments, charging bim with stealing various quantities
of woollen-cloth, &c. &c., the property of his em-
ployers, amounting to nearly 10001., was this morning
placed at the bar on six other indictments, charging him
with stealing large quantities of cloth upon other occAsions
to the amount of about 1,000/. To these latter indict-
ments he pleaded Not Guilty. The floor of the Court was
covered with an immense quantity of goods.
Robinson, together with Richard Martin, a tailor, of
No. 48, Hans Place, Sloane-street, were placed at the bar
on the first indictment, which charged the former with
stealing goods on the 16th August, to the amount of 43:3/.
and the latter with receiving, knowing it to be stolen, a
part of the property to the amount of 3151.
Mr. C. PHILLIPS stated the case for the prosecution.
George Elridge stated, he was porter to Messrs. East,
wholesale mercers and woollen drapers in Leicester-square.
The prisoner Robinson was in their employment also. Wit-
ness slept in the shop, Robinson usually came to the shop
between six and seven o'clock in the morning. Mr. East,
one of the partners, general came down stairs about nine
o'clock to business, and occasionally came into the shop
before that time. Robinson sometimes employed witness
to take out parcels before eight o'clock in the morning.
He took one or two to a coffee-shop in St. Martin's-
lane by Robinson's direction ; one was directed " James
Robinson," but he could not recollect whether the others
were directed to any person or not. Robinson sometimes
said the parcels contained his dirty linen. Witness had
the curiosity to tear the paper of one parcel, which he was
directed to leave at a baker's shop, in Bury-street, St.
James's, and he found it contained brown kerseymere.
When lie returned he told Robinson that that parcel did
not contain his linen, and he made some evasive reply.
Robinson at times also went out with parcels in the
mornings before Mr. East came down. Witness some-
times asked him what he was taking out, and he said they
were his clothes, which he was taking to be mended, and
at other times he said they were his linen going to be
washed. Witness left Messrs. East in March last, and
was succeeded by a porter named John King.
Cross-examined by Mr. Anonrous for the prisoner Ro-
binson—Witness looked only into one parcel out of the
many he took out, and he only tore a coiner of the parcel.
Witness could not tell whether that was entirely lull of
kerseymere, nor could he say that the others did not con-
tain dirty linen. Witness had then no suspicion that Ro-
binson was stealing any property.
John King, who succeeded the preceding witness as por-
ter to the prosecutors, stated that Robinson had several
times sent him out with parcels before Mr. East came
down stairs in the morning. In consequence of some
suspicion, the witness communicated with Mr. East upon
the subject, and soon afterwards Robinson was taken into
custody.

Cross-examined--Witness was about five months in
Messrs. East's service before Robinson was taken up.
Henry Vigurs East, one of the prosecutors, stated, that
he carried on the business of woollen driper and man's
mercer, at No. 53, Leicester-squre. Rubinson was in
his employment on the 17th of August last. On that
morning witness received information from the last wit-
ness, which induced him to call in Clements, a Marl-
borough-street officer. Clements and witness went
into the counting•house, and sent for Robinson.
Witness asked Robinson where he lived; he hesi-
tated considerably, and the question was repeated ; he
then replied, " No. 3, Upper St. Martin's-lane." Wit-
ness sent a sbopman there to inquire if that was true, but
found it was not ; the prisoner was again asked where he
lived, and he replied, " I have done nothing wrong, and
shall not tell you." Witness then said, " James, I have
been seriously robbed, and I am determined to find out the
thief." He said, " I have never robbed you of sixpence."
He was again asked where be lived, and he replied,
" Come with me to my brother and I will tell you." Wit-
ness gave him in charge to the officer, and then he gave an
address, No. 12, Bennett-street ; Clements took hitn to the
police-uffice. On searching the prisoner a bunch of keys
was taken from him. In consequence of subsequent inquiries
witness accompanied by an officer, went to No. 4S, Hans-
place, Slosne-street, kept by the other prisoner (Martin),
whom he found there. Witness asked Martin to show him
Robinson's room ; he said it was locked, but he took the
witness and the officer to the room, which was the back
attic, and which be found to be open. Clements applied
some of the keys found upon Robinson to the cupboard,
boxes, and trunks and opened them. In the boxes were
found several articles of witness's wearing apparel, some
account books, and a banker's cheque book. The
account books and cheque book were witness's. In
the closets were quantities of silks, kerseymeres, cloths,
umbrellas, anti a great variety of other things, all the
property of the witness and his partner. The prisoner
Martin was in the room when this discovery was made.
Upon going down stairs witness asked Martin if he had
bought any goods of Robinson ; he replied yes, he had
bad considerable dealings with him, and he added, he be-
lieved he owed Robinson betweeen 4001. and 500/. Wit-
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dealings with a Mr. Musfield, a woollen draper. The
goods shown by Martin, as having been purchased of Ro-
binson, were the property of the witness arid his partner.
The goods found in Robinson's room, belonging to witness,
were oftthe value of about 2001. Those which were found
in Martin's possession were worth upwards of 3001. Cle-
ments, the officer, were present during the whole of this
time. Martin was a master tailor, but there was no shop
belonging to the house.
Cross-examined by Mr. AnoLertus—The other partner
was the witness's father, but he has no share of the busi-
ness. Witness pays his father an income out of the busi-
ness, which was a fixed sum, not depending on the amount
of the profits. Witness only knew that the apartment in
Martin's house was occupied by Robinson, from what
Martin said. Witness had not heard that Robinson lived
elsewhere. Witness never saw any of the goods found in
Martin's house in Robinson's possession, nor did he ever
miss any of them from his shop. Besides the witness,
there was his brother and the two shopmen who sold
goods in the shop. Witness only knew the goods were
not regularly sold by their not being entered in his books,
and it being the practice to take off the shop marks when
they were sold—many of these goods were found with
those marks upon them.
Several other witnesses were examined, after which the
Jury acquitted Martin, and found Robinson guilty of
stealing property of a less value than 5/,