Missing Friend.

Canterbury Police Gazette, Volume IX, Issue 2, 1 February 1871, Page 6

Missing Friend.

Information is requested respecting a person named Henry Sheper, a cabinet-maker, who is reported to have died in Otago or Canterbury.

Return of Appointments, &c., since the Publication of the Last List. appointment. January s,lß7l—Robert Sims to be a ThirdClass Constable. discharge. JanU Smi WmiaL“ ClaBS ConStaWe

George H. Williams i 3 charged on warlnTr?bl4ft ahUna ’ "SWilliam Nation, if wStahuM I ’-° perty ° f scribed as 30 years, sft. 8 or 9in hiuh fair S t w r goatee- snmr f sanc ty moustache and ance C m eri; 6d b °° ts ’ S enteel appeafance, formerly a groom in the employ of

Cobb & Co , when be went under a different name. The same offender is charged, on warrant, with embezzlement at Waitahuna; and a third warrant has been issued against him for horse-stealing at Oamaru. He has been traced as far as the Hinds river, Canterbury, and is supposed to be making for the West Coast.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the under-mentioned men, charging them with deserting, on the night of the 28th ult., from the ship Gflenmark, lying at Lyttelton: Ist man —Henry Pastor, a Prussian, 30 years of age, 6ft. high, sallow complexion, dark

Christchurch, February 1, 1871.

hair, beard, and moustache, dark eyes, dressed in ragged blue clothes; 2nd man—William Crottey, 18 years of age, sft. Sin. high, dark hair and eyes, smooth face, very youthful appearance, dressed in blue clothes.

An indecent assault was committed, on the 3rd ult., at Christchurch, on a young child named Mary Anne Dunn, by a man whose name is not known. The offender is described as about sft. Gin. high, stout build, dark brown hair, brown beard, no moustache, dressed in a light coat with blue stripe, grey trousers and cap, with crown drawn over and hooked to peak.

R. C. SHEARMAN,

Commissioner of Police..

Name. Offence. By whom Aeeested. How Disposed of. John Younker Isabella Wilson Arthur Morgan Simon Cedeno John James Keefe (on warrant) Jane Glass Mary Ann Robinson Joseph Crockatt Elizabeth Darby Richard Ray, alias Bray, alias Spray Alfred Edwards, alias Drain (on warrant) Michael Carey Nicholas Pepper John de Leon David Wright I George Hall $ Archibald McIntyre Frederick Stanley Stabbing and wounding. Vagrancy Drunk and exposing his person ... Wilful murder Horse stealing Communicating with prisoners undergoing sentence Vagrancy Obtaining goods by false pretences Being the keeper of a house of ill fame Stealing from the person Sergt. Pratt Const. R. Wallace Ditto Sergt. McKnight Const. Maguire Sergt. Pratt Sergt. McKnight Sergt. Horniman Sergt. McKnight Const. J. Wallace ... Fined 20s. 1 month’s imprisonment Fined 20s. Committed for trial Ditto 3 months’ imprisonment 1 month’s imprisonment Committed for trial Fined £5 Committed for trial Larceny Wilful destruction of property ... Lunacy Unnatural offence Wilful murder Obtaining money by means of a valueless cheque Ditto Det. Feast Sergt. Barlow Const. Wilson Sergt. McKnight ... Sergt. Ramsay Insp. Buckley Const Schroder, Waiau Police 3 months’ imprisonment Dismissed To Lunatic Asylum Committed for trial Ditto Committed for trial at the District Court, Timaru Committed for trial

APPREHENSIONS.

Date of ComNames. Country. Offence. Sentence. Discharge. Age. Height. Make. plexion. Hair. Eyes. Eemaeks. Edward Clark England — 12 months’ H.L. Jan. 3, 1871 by pardon 33 6ft Slight Pale L. brown Blue Eight thumb disfigured. A cook. Scar on left wrist and right eyebrow. Seaman. Dominique Huehard Africa Drunk and illegally *7 days’ H.L. Jan. 5, 1871 26 5ft 6in Stout Copper Black Black on premises woolly Dark A prostitute. Elizabeth Darby ... Ireland Vagrancy 3 months’ H.L. Do. 34 6ft 7in Do: Dark Dark Jane Glass Do. Holding communication with prisoners 1 month’s H.L. Do. 35 5ft 5gin Do. Pale Do. Blue Scar near right eye. Prostitute. A labourer. Henry Cleaver England Larceny Do. Jan. 7, 1871 25 6ft 2in Slight Fresh L. brown Do. James M‘Gill Ireland Obtaining money by 12 months’ H.L. Jan. 2, 1871 41 5ft 9in Very stout Dark Blaok D. blue Scar on upper lip. Horse jockey. John Blakely Do. false pretences Vagrancy 3 months’ H.L. by pardon Jan. 4, -1871 58 6ft 7 Jr in Stout Pale Grey Grey W. J. B. right arm; M. B Ad 26 and 26 1838 left arm. Labourer. Patrick Ford Do. Drunk & incapable 14 days’ H.L. Jan. '9, 1871 36 5ft 9fin Do. Do. Dark Blue Scar over left eye. A labourer. Maurice Ford Do. Drunk & disorderly Do. Jan. 12,1871 38 5ft 7in Do. Do. Do. Grey A labourer. Jane Crawford Scotland Do. 3 months’ H.L. Jan. 13,1871 20 5ft 3in Do. Fresh Light Brown A prostitute. Eobert Boyd Do. Drunk and assault1 week’s H.L. Jan. 12, 1871 45 5ft lljin Do. Do. Grey L. Blue Scar over left eye. Town carter, Lyttelton. Arthur Selwood ... England ing his wife Larceny 1 month’s H.L. Jan. 18, 1871 24 5ft 7fin Medium Do. Black Dark Ex-Cornet 11th Hussars. Gentleman. Charles Drain Do. Do. 2 months’ H.L. Jan. 21,1871 18 5ft 6{-in Stout Do. Brown D. brown Eose tattooed on left arm. Labourer. Jonathan Eamshaw Do. Fraudulent Bank2 years’ H.L. Do. 42 6ft 7f in Medium Swarthy Black Hazel Saddler. ruptcy by pardon, on acct. 1 r of ill health

DESCRIPTION OF PRISONERS DISCHARGED FROM HER MAJESTY’S GAOLS AT CHRISTCHURCH, LYTTELTON, AND TIMARU. From the Ist January to the 30 th January, 1871. FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE POLICE ONLY.