Constable Axam and the Detective in Waiting.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1748, 21 September 1875, Page 2

Constable Axam and the Detective in Waiting.

By tho barque Union which arrived from JNowcnstlo to-day, we learn that the brig Moa in which the noble constable Axam and family took their departure from these fair shores, and from sundry bills with forged endorsements thereon, arrived in Newcastle harbour on the 10th instant, having had a most protracted passage. The Constable had been unfortunate in his choice of a vessel, for the Glimpse and the Stag, which left here a week later, made much better passages. The s.s. Hero, with Constable Williams and a warrant for the arrest of Mr Axam, reached Sydney on the 7th instant, and no doubt that vigilant young officer must have been quietly awaiting the arrival of the Moa in .Newcastle two days before the lines of that venerable craft became visible in the offing. The sequel is yet to come, for we learn that Constable Williams had, very wisely kept his own counsel, and the people of Newcastle were in as complete ignorance of the presence in their midst of an-Auckland defective as was the free-and-easy gentleman whose welfare and movements formed the object of Mr William's solicitude. We have no doubt whatever that Mr Axam would receive zealous attention in getting on shore and removing his traps, and that by the first steamer from Sydney Mrs Wells will have the pleasure once more of

seeing his handsome features—not this time wreathed in smiles as on the day of his departure, when he bent so graciously over the side of the brig, and proferred the good lady a kiss ; then was his hour of triumph, but the day of reckoning has come, and Constable Axam will have to answer in the Police Couit, in which he has so frequently appeared as the upholder of the jaw, to the very serious charges preferred against him.