The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-09 00:00:00

MAI?Y LEB ONE.

THE EXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN GREAT CUMBER-
LAND-STREET.—A young man named Joseph Blan-
chard, who had been apprehended on Thursday, on
suspicion of being concerned in a most extensive
robbery, committed on Monday last at the house of
Mr. Dominic Oliviera, No. 4, Great Cumberland-
street, Oxford-street, %%lien property to the amount
of 13,000/., consisting of jewellery, undue bills and
promissory notes, Portuguese bonds, &c., was car-
ried away, underwent an examination yesterday be-
fore the sitting Magistrates, Messrs. GRIFFITH,
HOSKINS, and TUBBS.
Mr. Oliviera stated that the prisoner formerly
lived in his service as groom, from which situation
he was discharged about twelve mouths ago. Since
Monday (the day on which the robbery was com-
mitted) he had been given to understand that the
prisoner was keeping company with his housemaid,
arid was the associate of thieves and the worst of
characters; in consequence of that he caused him
to he taken into custody.
Mr. HOSKINS (to prisoner)--Just give an account
of where you were throughout the day on Monday
last ? Prisoner—l left my father's house at Step-
ney, where I had slept the previous night, and met
a young man named Wig!ye by appointment, at ten
o'clock, at the servants'-office in Oxford-street, and
was about with him till six o'clock, when I went
with him to see his sister in Marshall-street, but she
not being at home, we went into a public-house,
where we sat till ten o'clock ; then we went to sleep
at some stables in the Temple.
The mother of the prisoner was then called in,
who stated that her son slept at home on Sunday
night, and left on Monday morning, saying that he
was going to meet an acquaintance, who lived near
the Temple.

Mr. HOSKINS—What account did he give you of
Monday ?
The witness then related what her son had said
he did on that day, which agreed with what he him-
self had stated,

In answer to several questions put by Mr. Oli-
viera, the witness answered the first she heard of the
obbery was on Tuesday night, when about to re-
tire to bed. Her husband said to the prisoner,
" Your late master, Mr. Oliviera, has been robbed
to the amount of some thousands;" upon which the
prisoner said, " I am very sorry for it, fur I like Mr.
Dominic Oliviera much better than I do his bro.
ther ;" and then expressed his surprise that they
should have been robbed, as they always paid such
Meat attention to the doors and fastenings. Her
husband said he saw the account of their having
been robbed in the newspaper. Her husband held
a situation in the Custom-house.

Police constable John Legg, D 149, who took
the prisoner into custody, said that the last witness
told him she had not seen the prisoner since Sun-
day night.

The prisoner was ordered to be brought in again,
when, in answer to questions from Mr. HOSKINS, he
said that he slept at his mother's on Tuesday night,
and that he first knew of the robbery on Wednes-
day evening,when, being in a coffee-shop, he saw an
account of it in an evening paper.
Mr. HosKlNs—Then you did not hear it from
your father on Tuesday night?
Prisoner—No. On Tuesday night he said, " I'd
have you keep out of the streets of nights ;" and
on my asking him for his reason he said, " Never
mind,,keep in." My father spoke about it a few
minuses before the officer came in and took me.

The police constable here said that the father of
the prisoner had received a letter from his brother
who lived in the country, saying that he had dreamt
his nephew was in custody, and he hoped that it
was not true.
Prisoner—That letter has been destroyed.

Sarah Ann Wheeler,housemaid to the prosecutor,
was mxt examined. She was in the house all day
on Monday, till a quarter to seven o'clock, when
she was sent by Mrs. Oliviera (mother to the pro-
secutor) as far us New-street, Dorset-square ; from
there she went to Oxford-street to purchase a piece
of ribbon for herself, and returned home again at
twenty minutes past eight, when the door was
opened to her by the footman. She immediately
went up stairs to put by her bonnet, and then came
down stairs into the kitchen, where she found the
cook sitting in a chair with her head lying on a
table ; she looked very pale, and witness inquired
what was the matter, to which Oft: cook replied, that
she was going up stairs, directly after witness had
gone out, to sit there till she returned, when she
was alarmed by hearing a noise ; that she hastened
down stairs and told Joseph (the footman), who
went up with a light, but shortly after came down
again, saying that he had looked in the different
rooms, but could see nobody. In about an hour and
a half after that the robbery was discovered by Mrs.
Oliviera.

Mr. HOSKINS—When you went out that evening
were you in company with any one in Oxfold.