Stolen.

Canterbury Police Gazette, Volume I, Issue 10, 3 May 1864, Page 41

Stolen.

Stolen, between the 26th and 28th ultimo, from a house in course of erection on the Rangiora drain road, about three miles from Kaiapoi, the property of James Thompson, —one carpenter’s stock, a little burned at the neck, a piece of horn or bone between the iron and brass work, there is a small crack in the wood work; together with 33 polished bits, one of which is broken short. The makers’ names are J. and H. Sorby. All can be identified.

Stolen from the cabin of the schooner Tite, between the 3rd and 4th instant, whilst proceeding from Pigeon Bay to Lyttelton, the property of Robert Powell, one £lO note, not identifiable, and one £5 note, marked xb on back. The missing notes were wrapped up with other moneys in the trouser’s pocket of complainant, which hung in the cabin. A girl, named Edina Brown, who was a passenger, is suspected. She was an immigrant by the “ British Crown,” a native of Lancashire; medium height, stout build, and very much pockmarked about the nose, brown hair; wore striped dress, with buttons down the front, and bonnet trimmed with lace.— 7th April, 1864.

An unoccupied house at the race-course, Riccarton, belonging to the Rev. James Wilson, was forcibly entered, by breaking one of the windows, during the night of the 20th instant, and an iron grate with three circular bars in front, which can be identified, was stolen therefrom.—24th April, 1864.

Stolen from a clothes line in a yard at the rear of Mr. Sprot’s, Christchurch, on the night of the 22nd instant, the property of Ellen Marshall, one black stuff shawl with black fringe, four aprons, one black and three lilac, with white strings, and one white flannel petticoat.

Stolen from a large packing case, at the rear of the dwelling of Mrs. Jane Hunter in Cashel- street, Christchurch, during the night of the 13th April, seven fowls of a black Spanish breed, all of which are identifiable.—lsth April, 1864.

A warrant has been issused by the Tuapeka Bench for the . apprehension of Morris Dillon, charged with having at Munroe’s on the 13th day of February, 1864, stolen one bay mare, branded T off neck, (since recovered), the property of Samuel Curreach, of Munroe’s. Dillon is from 30 to 35 years old, 5 feet 9 inches high, stout build, square shoulders, fair complexion, long bushy brown hair, whiskers and moustache, dressed in light drab coat, light tweed trousers and brown felt hat ; a native of Dublin, a baker by trade.