The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-15 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

TIIE ROBBERY AT THE UNITED SERVICE INSTITU-
TION—CharIes Fairfield, lately lieutenant in the
Rifle Brigade and a member of the Institution, was
placed at the bar on remand, charged with stealing
a large quantity of valuable coins from the United
Service Institution.

To-day a number of dealers in coins attended in
court, and produced a variety of gold and silver
coins they had purchased of the prisoner, who was
fully committed for trial.

SUPPOSED EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES OF SHAWLS,
&C.—John Plummer, described as a barber, was
brought before \lr. Vaughan charged with having

in his possession two Paisley shawls, and pawn'
brokers' duplicates for a considerable quantity of
property suspected to be stolen.
It appeared that, in consequence of suspicions
which had fallen on the prisoner, Sergeants Dow"
dell and Chappel, of the F division, had for some
time kept a watch upon him. On the present occa-
sion they saw him in Seven-dials with a 14,
the latter carrying a leather bag. As the/
were crossing the Dials the prisoner took the
bag from the boy, but at that moment a policeman
in uniform approached and the prisoner handed the
bag back to the boy, who carried it till the con-
stable was gone out of sight. [The two sergeant°
were in plain clothes.] After this the prisoner
again took the bag, and turning into one of the-side
streets entered a second-hand clothes shop, wiser
he remained some ten minutes. He then. went back
to the Dials, and after standing about for a wilt!e
proceeded to Broad-street, where he met a woman;
they went down an archway, and remained talking'
Chappel then stopped the prisoner, and Do wdell th°
woman, and took them to the station-house i°
Clark's-buildings. Nothing of a suspicious nature
being found on the woman she was allowed to g°
at large. The prisoner had in the bag two lag°
Paisley shawls, worth from £5 to £7, and in Ili;
pocketbook 70 pawnbrokers' duplicates. Fivt °d
these related to Paisley shawls, all pledged
on Tuesday last. These turned out to n°
precisely similar in pattern and colour to the tsge
found in the bag. The prisoner said he bought theta
at Higginbotham's auction-rooms, but Mr. Cris
foreman at that establishment, attended and prof
that no such article had been sold there. The re'
maining 65 duplicates were for watches, chains!
pins, rings, opera glasses, &c.
Sergeant Dowdell asked for a remand, and say
that if publicity were given to the case by the prey
he had no doubt the owners of at least a portion e,
the property would come forward. He mentiono
that the whole of the property could be seen at the
station for the purpose of identification.
The prisoner was remanded.

THAMES.
MOnE TEA STEALING.—Thomas Ryan, an
labourer, was brought before Mr. Paget, chargi
with stealing four ounces of tea, the property °
the East and West India Dock Company.
The prisoner said he picked up the tea.
Mr. Paget said the prisoner had no right to Ply
up tea in any warehouse, shed, or upon any 41114
in the dock, and that when detected he was c°ll'
cealing the tea in a very artful manner. He gel'
tented the prisoner to be imprisoned for
months and kept to hard labour, for unlawful po'
session of the tea found upon him.