POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Canterbury Police Gazette, Volume I, Issue 2, 1 September 1863, Page 3

POLICE DEPARTMENT.

PUBLISHED BY DIRECTION OP HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT,

ffSfA All Public Notifications ivhicli appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

By His Honor’s Command, THOMAS WILLIAM MAUDE, Provincial Secretary

Note.— This G azette contains the substance of Informations received in cases of Felony and of Misdemeanors and against Receivers of stolen goods, reputed Thieves and Offenders escaped from custody, with the time, place, and circumstances of the Offence ; the Names of persons known, hut not in custody, who are charged with Offences, and descriptions of those who are not known, their appearance, dress, and other marks of identity; the Names of Accomplices and Accessories, with every particular which may lead to their apprehension; a description, as accurate as possible, of property that has been stolen, and a minute description of stolen horses, &c., for the purpose of tracing and recovering them.

1. Police Gazette. Communications for this

Gazette should be addressed to the Commissioner oe

Police, prepaid; they must be of Police interest, or no notice loill be taken of them. Officers in charge of stations are reguested to report to the Commissioner of Police every instance of the non-delivery of the Gazette, and to suggest from time to time such alterations in the addresses and in the mode of transmission as may be considered necessary. 2. "Warrants. — Whenever it is desired that any

individual, whose name is given, shall be apprehended, it should be stated in the advertisement for the Gazette whether or not a warrant has been issued for the apprehension of the offender. When a warrant has not been issued in the first instance, any subsequent re-

port announcing the issue of a warrant, should refer to it in the Police Gazette.

3. Names. —lt is particularly requested that in all Informations, the names of persons and places may be spelt correctly, and written legibly, the Christian name being given with the Surname, and written in full to prevent mistakes. 4. Stray Cattle. —No advertisements of lost horses or cattle, will be published in this Gazette unless they be Government property, but notices of horses or cattle believed to be stolen, will be inserted gratuitously. 5. Property Describee. —The brands of horses and cattle should be imitated as nearly as possible, and their exact positions given. In describing ivatches, it should be stated whether they are open-faced, hunting, double-cased, or half -hunting, —the term “ double-cased ” being reserved for those watches whose outer case is removed in order to wind; “ half-hunting ” implying a very small glass in the middle of the dial. 6. Rewards. —No notice of reward offered by any private party or parties will, for the future be inserted in the Police Gazette, unless there shall be forwarded to the Commissioner of Police the guarantee

of some responsible person that the reward shall be payable, according to laic, on the arrest or conviction of the offender, and not merely for the recovery of property. If such notice be communicated by telegraph the addition of the ivords “guarantee received'" will be sufficient; in such cases, however, the guarantee must be forwarded without delay. 7. Previous References. —lt is requested that in all reports respecting cases already gazetted, Officers in charge of Police, or others concerned, will be good enough to quote the date and page of the Police Gazette in ivhich the previous notice has appeared, and, in reporting arrests, to state by whom effected. Supplementary reports of cases already reported, but not gazetted, should contain such information as will clearly identify the case. 8. Telegrams. —ln telegrams, the use of figures must be avoided, and words at full length substituted. In foncarding the brands of horses and cattle per teleqraph, it should be stated of what kind of letters, the brands consist, ivhether of Roman capitals, or in writing, dfc.