Missing Friends.

Canterbury Police Gazette, Volume X, Issue 10, 1 October 1872, Page 41

Missing Friends.

Information is urgently desired as to the whereabouts of Robert Manisty, aged 26, sft. Bin. or 9in., stout build, fair complexion, fair hair, short sandy beard, whiskers and moustache, full face, weak eyes; is well educated, and very fond of drink; was last heard of in April, 1871, when he wrote from Greymouth, giving the address: W. Russella, Nelson Creek, Grey Valley.

Reverting to Criminal Offences, dated Christchurch, September 12, 1871, the chain described as having been lost from the old wharf, Ferry road, has been found near the place where the ketch Elizabeth was anchored, and has been returned to the owner.

Reverting to Criminal Offences, dated Lyttelton, 9tli February, 1871, the glazier’s diamond therein referred to has been found by Mr. Cummins, in a box into which it must have fallen out of his coat-pocket.

Reverting to form of inquirv for missing friend George Duckmanton, ke"is ascertained to have sailed for Melbourne.

Wanted to know the whereabouts, if alive, of William John Dowsley, who came out in 1363, from the town of Clonmel, Ireland, with the late Mr. Crosbie Ward, then the Postmaster-General of New Zealand ; was last heard of m Christchurch in October, 1864, when he spoke of joining the Auckland militia ; was in delicate health at that time. His friends wish any information whether he be alive or dead, in the form of an affidavit before some official or magistrate, that it may be used by his family, as property is depending on it.

Wanted an owner for a cheque for £5, drawn by Brown, in favour of Heron, and dated 14th September, 1872, which was picked up last month by Mr. Ball, publican, Woodend, and forwarded to the Police. Also, for the sum of ten shillings, in silver, which was found by Mr. Hall, railway porter at Kaiapoi, in a railway carriage, about a month ago.

The following extract from the New Zealand Gazette , No. 69, 21st December, 1867, is published for the information of the Force, page 502:

Allowances to Prosecutors and Witnesses. Labourers, per diem ... £0 6 0 Journeymen, &c., per diem... 0 10 0 Master tradesmen, farmers, yeomen, and auctioneers, per diem ... ... 015 0 Professional men, per diem... 110 Female witnesses at the rate of two-thirds the allowance to male witnesses of similar rank.

Travelling expenses.

Witnesses residing at a distance exceeding one mile from the place of trial, expenses not exceeding Is. 6d. per mile one way.

If there is a steamer or coach or other public conveyance, either the whole or part of the way, the actual cost of such conveyance in lieu of mileage, Where they travel by water, fore-cabin fare will be allowed to the first and second class of witnesses, and chief-cabin fare to the latter classes.

Witnesses in the pay of the General or Provincial Governments will not be paid for their time, but only for extra costs occasioned by their attendance.

(Signed) E. W. STAFFORD

(Signed) R. C. SHEARMAN, Commissioner of Police.

Name. Oepence. By whom Arrested. How Disposed op. William Gray Drunk and disorderly and disorderly Const. O’Shannasy ... Const. J. Wallace ... Fined 10s. Discharged with a caution Thomas Green Fined 10s. John Condon ••• Drunk and disoracj Fined 20s. William Kennedy Drunk and disorderly John Cooney Drunk and disorderly Const. TVonharged with a caution John Brown Drunk and disorderly Const. Eares Hugh McDonald Larceny ... Det. Feast 3 months imprison***.... John Morris Drunk and disorderly Const. Higgins Discharg d with a caution Charles Johnson Drunk and disorderly Const. Eares Fined 20s., or 48 hours’ imprisonment Patrick Me Caul Drunk and disorderly while in Sergt. Wilson Fined 10s., and costs 2s. 6d. charge of a horse and cart Fined 10s., and costs 2s. fid William Baker Drunk and disorderly Sergt. Wilson Edward Revell Drunk and disorderly Const. Hughes Fined 10s. Ralph Byron Drunk and disorderly Const. Wddermoth... Dismis-ed with a caution James Bagley Drunk and disorderly Const. Harris Fined 10s. James Flynn Drunk and disorderly and fighting Sergt. O’Connor Fined 20s. Robert Grant in a public place Drunk and disorderly and fighting Sergt. O’Connor Fined 20s. James Carroll in a public place Drunk and disorderly Const. Firman Fined 10s. James Carroll Drunk and disorderly Const. Firman Fined 20s. John Knott ... Drunk and disorderly Const. Hughes Fined 20s. Anne Osborne Drunk and di orderly Sergt. Wilson Fined 20s. Frederick Bonar Drunk and disorderly and using Const. Harris Fined 20s. John Ellis obscene language Drunk and di-orderly and resisting Const. Harris Fined 20s. Margaret Guerin police in execution of duty ... Drunk and disorderly . . Const. Eares 12 months’ imprisonment Ellen I hompson Drunk and disorderly Sergt. Wilson Fined 40s. George Stevens Drunk and disorderly Const. Hughes 1 month’s imprisonment William F. Forder Illegally on the premises Sergt. Wilson Discharged with a caution Jane Crawford Drunk and fighting in a public Const. Busby Fined 10s. John O’Brien street Drunk and using obscene lanConst. Eares Fined 20s. Robert Smeaton guage Drunk and disorderly Const. Hughes Fined 20s. John Brown Drunk and disorderly Const. Brown To show cause why bail Samuel Corrigan (on warrant) Larceny from a till Sergt. Pratt sholud not be estreated 1 month’s imprisonment Thomas Unwin John McManus Henry Henderson John Howard Drunk and disorderly Drunk and disorderly Drunk and disorderly Const. Hughes Const. Eares Const. Morice Discharged with a caution Fined 20s. Drunk and disorderly and wilful Const. J. Wallace ... destruction of Government property prisonment Mary Welstead William Harry Drunk and disorderly Drunk and disorderly Const. Harris Const. Eares Discharged with a caution Fined 20s., or 48 hours’ imAugust Gerkin Flora Martin John Baker Indecently exposing his person in a public place Drunk and disorderly Drunk and disorderly Const. Higgins Sergt. Wilson prisonment Fined 20s. 12 months’ imprisonment Fined 20s., or 48 hours’ imThomas Coyne Henry Henderson Percy B. Rooke George Harris Drunk and disorderly Drunk and illegally on premises of Lieut. Deans Drunk and disorderly Being illegally on premises of Royal Hotel Drunk and disorderly Drunk and assaulting stationConst. Hughes Const. Hughes Sergt. Wilson Const. Firman prisonment Fined 10s. Fined £3, or 96 hours’ imprisonment Fined 10s. George Calder William Simpson Const. Wildermoth... Const. Hughes Const. J. Wallace ... Fined 20s. Fined 10s. Fined 40s. master at Addidgton, refusing to give up his ticket, and useWil iam Woods Daniel Howard mg obscene language Drunk and disorderly Drunk and disorderly Drunk and disorderly and indel cently exposing his person Drunk and disorderly Vagrancy Drunk and refusing to leave premises of P. Ball Const. Higgins Fined 10s. Constantine Sweeney John McManus Spencer Burleigh Martin Kevin Sergt. O'Connor Const. Eares Sergt. Horneman ... Sergt. Wilson Const. Higgins Fined 20s. Fined 20s. Fined 40s. 3 months’ imprisonment Fined 40s., and costs 5s. John McManus A. John Stewart Peter McKenzie Drunk and disorderly Drunk and disorderly Drunk and disorderly Const. Hughes Const. O’Malley ... Const. Eares Discharged with a caution 14 days’ imprisonment Frederick Nelson Thomas Pollard Drunk and disorderly Using obscene language Drunk and incapable Sergt. Willis Sergt. Scott Const. Rutledge Fined 5s. Fined 10s., or 14 days’ imprisonment Fined 10s., or 24 hours’ im-. p isonment

APPREHENSIONS.

Name. OrEEWCE. By whom Arrested. How Disposed or. John Kerwin Thomas Smith G. F. Titmus Vagrancy Vagrancy Using obscene language on railConst. Flanagan Scrgt. Ramsay Const. Maguire 14 days’ imprisonment 1 month’s imprisonment 24 hours’ imprisonment James Ley don way platform Drunk and disorderly Const. Davidson Discharged with a caution John McMann Drunk and disorderly Const. Davidson Discharged with a caution John McLaughlan Drunk and disorderly Const. Maguire Discharged with a caution Isabella Williams Having stolen property in her Sergt.-Mjr. Barsham Discharged with a caution George Walsh possession Assault in view of a constable Sergt.-Mjr. Barsham Fined 10s. James Millar 'V iolent assault Sergt. Barlow Committed for trial Henry Clarke Breach of “ Gaolers’ and Prisoners’ Act, 1869 ” Const. Flanagan Discharged with a caution William Bell Drunk and disorderly Const. Davidson Fined 10s. and cost, or 24 Daniel Griffiths Drunk and disorderly Const. Davidson hours’ imprisonment Fined 10s. and costs, or 24 William Jennings Drunk and disorderly Sergt. Scott hours’ imprisonment Dismissed with a caution James Nolan Drunk and creating disturbance in Sergt. Scott Fined 10s., or 48 hours’ imlicensed house and using prisonment, and £2, or Edward Burke obscene language 1 months’ imprisonment Drunk and creating disturbance ... Sergt. Scott Discharged with a caution John Quin Obstructing a public thoroughfare Sergt. Quinn Fined 10s. Charles Dimcan ... Larceny from a shop above £10 ... Sergt. Willis Committed for trial Robert Bruce Drunk and incapable Const. Wildermoth... Discharged with a caution Frederick King alias Illegally on premises by night with Sergt. Partt 1 month’s imprisonment John King felonious intent William Green Tom Pollard } Drunk and disorderly Const: Davidson f Fined 20s., or 48 hours’ \ imprisonment 3 days’ imprisonment George Smith Drunk and exposing his person ... Const. Sheppard James Walker Richard Burton Joseph Hyde Drunk and disorderly Const. Maguire Fined 10s. ( Illegally on premises Const. O’Shannasy... Discharged with a caution Samuel Whitehead Drunk and disorderly Sergt.-Mjr. Barsham Fined 6s. Samuel McMillan Lunacy ... Const. O’Shannasy... Committed to Asylum Abel Helps Vagrancy Const. Maguire 7 days’ imprisonment Henry Hecc alias Hack Bigamy Const. McDonald ... Committed for trial (on warrant) Henry Exon ... Larceny as a servant Sergt. Willis Committed for trial Harry Martin Receiving stolen property, knowing Sergt. Willis Committed for trial same to have been stolen Dacre Bruce Barclay (on Larceny as a bailee Sergt. Greenwood ... Case dismissed warrant)

APPREHENSIONS- Continued.

Name. Offence. By whom Arrested. Sentence. William Mackay Stephens Maliciously wounding and inflictSergeant Willis 8 months’ hard labour ing bodily harm

RETURN OF PRISONERS TRIED AT THE DISTRICT COURT OF TIMARU AND OAMARU, HELD AT TIMARU, SEPTEMBER 10, 1872.

Names. Country. Offence. Sentence. Date of Discharge. Age. Height. Make. Complexion. ; Hair. Eyes. Kemab] George Pett, alias Smith England Maliciously wounding 6 months Aug. 31,1872 42 5ft lOin Medium Pale D. brown L. grey James Eeid England Larceny, two charges 3 months on each Sept. 2, 1872 52 5ft 5in Stout _ Fresh Dark turning Hazel Groom John Armstrong America Escape from legal custody 6 months Sept. 2, 1872 31 32 5ft lOfin Medium Do. Fair, thin on forehead L. blue Labourer George Titmus Launceston, Drunk and disorderly and 24 hours Sept. 4,1872 5ft 8gin Stout Do. Black Hazel Butcher Tasmania using obscene language 43 5ft 3fin Wil.iam Brasen, alias Brady Ireland Drunk and disorderly 48 hours Sept. 2, 1872 Do. Pale Dark Brown Labourer William Haywood ... W ales Do. Do. Sept. 2, 8872 51 5ft 3in Do. Do. Do. Do. Bootmaker Maria Spencer England Larceny 6 months Sept. 3, 1872 18 5ft 3^in Slight Do. Brown Blue Servant Ellen Thompson Do. Vagrancy 3 months Sept. 3,1872 36 5ft Stout Fresh Do. Do. Prostitute William Kennedy ... Ireland 0 Drunk and disorderly 48 hours Sept. 5, 1872 39 51t 8gin Medium Pale Dark Dark Labourer John Cooney England Do. 48 hours Sept. 7, 1872 33 5ft 5in Stout Fresh Grey Grey Shepherd John Lawson England Wife desertion 2 months Sept. 1, 1872 37 5ft 7in Medium Fair Fair L. grey — Daniel Manhire England Neglecting to maintain his family Larceny Eemanded Sept. 9, 1872 35 5ft 7-gin Stout Fresh Sandy Biue Hawker Elizabeth Bryant Ireland 4 months Sept. 12,1872 33 5ft 2in Slight Pale Brown Do. Matron Spencer Burleigh England Drunk and disorderly 14 days Sept. 13,1872 43 5ft 8in Do. Do. L. brown Hazel Shepherd George Knopp Poland Attempt to assault and carnally know a girl between 2 years Sept. 12,1872 29 5ft 2fin Do. Sallow Dark Grey — ten and twelve years Maria Clarke New Indecent and obscene 7 days Sept. 9, 1872 31 4ft lOJin Stout Fair L. brown D. grey — Zealand language George Gustave Schmidt Germany Stabbing with a knife 2 years Sept. 16,1872 36 6ft Igin Do. Swarthy Black Hazel Bushman Joseph Abbott America Stealing a cow 2 years Sept. 16,1872 29 5ft 3f in Do. Mulato Do., woolly Black Do. Labourer Abel Helps Canada Vagrancy 1 month Sent. 19,1872 22 5ft 7in Do. Fresh Blue Farm Laboure James Snoswell, senior England Ireland Drunk and using obscene language Drunk and disorderly Sept. 21,1872 Sept. 18,1872 47 5ft ll^in Do Do Do. Fisherman Ann Osbourn 48 hours 34 5ft 4in Do. Sallow Dark Grey Matron Margaret McGuire ... Do. Larceny 3 months Sept. 18,1872 37 5ft 2in Do. Pale Do. Blue Matron James Carroll Frederick Boner Do. England Drunk and disorderly 48 hours 48 hours Sept. 20,1872 Sept. 21,1872 43 31 5ft 7|in 5ft 7in Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Brown Dark Labourer Labourer John Clarkson New Smuggling goods Fined £100, in Sept. 18,1877 29 5ft 8in Do. Fresh Brown Grey Boatman Jane Anderson Zealand default 6 months Ireland Larceny 1 month Sept. 17,1872 35 5ft 4in Very stout Do. D.browr Blue — Thomas O’Connor ... Ireland Drunkenness 24 hours Sept. 17,1872 31 5ft 9gin Medium Fair Light Blue — John Nelis America Drunk and disorderly 48 hours Sept. 28, 1872 39 5ft 7-gin 5ft 3|in Do. Do. Grey Brown — Jessie Gelmore America Drunk and disorderly Do. Sept. 26,1872 55 Stout Fresh Do. Blue — John Dobson Ireland Appropriating £5, the 1 month Sept. 25,1872 21 5ft 7in Slender Do. Brown Do. Labourer George Eaven property of another Heligoland Larceny 3 months Sept. 26,1872 26 5ft 8i;in Stout Pale L. browi D.browi Sawyer D. B.Barclay England Larceny as a bailee Eemanded Sept. 23,1872 28 6ft Slight Sallow Dark Dark Surgeon Henry Henderson ... Australia Larceny 6 months Sept. 24,1872 27 5ft 4in Stout Pale Do. Grey Butcher John O’Brien Ireland Drunk and disorderly 48 hours Sept. 25, 1872 28 5ft 9 Jin Do. Fresh Brown Blue Baker Ellen Thompson England Do. 96 hours Sept. 25,1872 Fine paid 36 6ft Do. Do. Do. Do. Prostitute John Baker Ireland Drunk and disorderly Do. 39 6ft lOin Do. Do. Do. Do. Labourer 1 John Howard ... Do. Do. 48 hours Sept. 28, 1872 63 6ft 6in Do. Pale Dark Do. Shepherd 1 William Harry N. S. Wales Do. Do. Sept. 28, 1872 21 6ft llin Slight Grey Baker 1 lareorge Smith. England Exposing his person 3 days Sept. 26, 1872 63 6ft 7in 1 Stout j Do. | Grey Brown Labourer

DESCRIPTION OF PRISONERS DISCHARGED FROM HER MAJESTY’S GAOLS AT CHRISTCHURCH, LYTTELTON, AND TIMARU, From 31st August to 28 th September, 1872. FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE POLICE ONLY.