POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Canterbury Police Gazette, Volume I, Issue 10, 3 May 1864, Page 39

POLICE DEPARTMENT.

PUBLISHED BY DIRECTION OF HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, ivith 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, WILLIAM ROLLESTON, Provincial Secretary,

Note. —This Gazette 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, but 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 shoiold be addressed to the Commissioner oe Police, prepaid ; they must be of Police interest, or no notice 'will be taken of them. Officers in charge of stations are requested 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 ivarrant has not been issued in the first instance, any subsequent report 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 namie being given with the Surname, and written in full, to prevent mistakes. 4. Stray Cattle. —No advertisement of lost horses or cattle, ivill 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 Described. —The brands of horses and cattle should be imitated as nearly as possible, and their exact position given. In describing watches, it should be stated whether they are open-faced, hunting,

double-cased, or half-hunting,—the term “ double-cased ” being reserved for those ivatches whose outer case is removed in order to wind; “ half-hunting ” implying a very small glass in the middle of the died. 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 forwa/rded to the Commissioner of Police the guarantee of some responsible person that the reward shall be payable , according to law, 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 words '■’■guarantee received ” will be sufficient; in such cases, however, the guarantee must be forwarded ivithout delay. 7. Previous Reeerences. — It 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 which the previous notice has appeared, and, in reporting arrests, to state by whom affected. Supplementary reports of cases already reported, but not gazetted, should contain such information as will clearly indentifiy the case. 8. 'Telegrams. — ln telegrams, the use of figures must be avoided, and words at full length substituted. In forwarding the brands of horses and cattle per telegraph, it should be stated of what kind of letters, the brands consist, whether of Roman capitals, or in wnting, Sfc. Police Gazette. —Vol. I.—No. 10.