Extracts from Victoria Police Gazette.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume I, Issue 9, 22 October 1877, Page 59

Extracts from Victoria Police Gazette.

(From Police Gazette, 1877, pages 205, 250, 253, 254, 255, 259, 261, and 265.)

The man giving the name of Charles Graham, who has been arrested for John 11. Scott’s larceny, has been identified as John Lyons, who worked for a short time on the Hamilton Railway. Photographs of him are in the possession of the police at Hamilton, Stawell, Ballarat, Sandhurst, Geelong, Brisbane, Sydney, Hobart Town, Launceston, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, and Detective Office, Melbourne. — 3307. 18th September, 1877.

John 11. Scott’s Larceny.— A man, name unknown, about forty-five years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, stout, clean-shaved, dark complexion, dressed in grey tweed suit, black half-yankee hat, and elastic-side boots split down the’front and piece of leather inserted to make them larger, was seen in company with Charles Graham, alias John Lyons, at Sandridge, on the 23rd ultimo, the date the latter was arrested.—O. 3307. 25tli September, 1877. (See New Zealand Police Gazette, 1877, pages 3 and 46.) Warrants expected for the arrest of Jacob Dallin and Adolph Kasner, for fraudulent insolvency. On the 24th ultimo they obtained, on credit, from Myers and Zox, merchants, Flinders Lane East, Melbourne, £1,200 worth of goods, which they sold much under value at Sandhurst - and other places, and absconded with the proceeds. Dallin is twentyeight years of age, 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, of thin build, has sallow complexion, Jewish nose, short black hair, thick black eyebrows and moustache, small whiskers; is showy in dress and jewellery. Kasner is twenty-five years of age, and of short thick build. Buth are Russian or German Jews, and hawkers; they wear ulster coats, and have with them two yellow portmanteaux and a black box. Photographs of Kasner are in the possession of the police at Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland, Nelson, Hokitika, and Detective Office, Melbourne. —O. 5847. 18th September, 1877. (See New Zealand Police Gazette, 1877, page 51.)

/: James Corbett is charged, on warrant from the Melbourne Bench, with larceny as bailee of four ladies’ gold rings, the goods of Bertha McDonald, North British Hotel, Bourke and Swanston Streets, on the 12th instant. Description :—A native of Birmingham, an engraver, recently in business in Swanston Street, near Little Collins Street, twenty-eight years of age, 5 feet 4 inches, slender, fair pale complexion, fair hair, and moustache only,' wants one upper front tooth, another overlaps, lame in left leg, which was broken recently; wore dark tweed paget coat and trousers, and high hard black felt hat; round gold shirt studs, bead-pattern, with silver backs; very small hands, two plain gold rings on the left, with his name engraved on them in inside. He is supposed to have gone to New Zealand by the “ Arawata ” on the 12th instant. —0.5857. 18th September, 1877.

Moses Goldstein’s Larceny. —Charles Rowley has been arrested by the Melbourne detective police, and the following property, proceeds of, this robbery, recovered in his possession : Gold watches (21), 46562, maker Charles Read, sen., and Co., London; 24024, by Chas. Hill ; 32721, Rotherham, London ; 96163, Settle Brothers ; 47498, Rotherham ; 7801, Rotherham ; 20713, Hill, London; 33868, 110529, 112887, 78027, 78215, 28989,15405,161529, 11157, 89516, and four ot hers, numbers not given when stolen. Silver watches —viz., 25599, Hill; 21289, Hamilton 96281, Settle ; 95056, Settle ; 1344, Russell; 97051, Settle; 2301, Rotherham; 81156, Bernard; 81152, Bernard ; and two, numbers not given when stolen. Also, job watches

gold, 1852, with inscription ; 23263 ; silver, 19594: and 6372 and 205480, cases only ; and another, number not given at time of robbery.— O. 3371. 16th September, 1877. Moses Goldstein’s Larceny. The following articles have been found by the Melbourne detective police, hidden in the Avail of Rowley’s shop : Watches. Gold hunting lever ... .... ... 24148, C. J. Hill. Gold hunting lever ... ... ... 43258, Rotherham. Gold hunting geneva ... ... ... 110534. Gold hunting geneva ... ... ... 73338. Gold hunting geneva ... ... ... 112889. Gold hunting geneva ... ... ... 110539. Gold open-face lever ... ... ... 7808, Rotherham. Gold open-face lever ... ... ... 44627. 3 gold cases. Silver hunting geneva lever ... ... 81154. Silver hunting lever* ... ... ... 47191, Barwise. Silver hunting lever ... ... ... 95922, Settle. . Silver hunting lever ... ... ... 37691, Barwise. ’ Silver hunting geneva* ... ... 11781. Silver hunting geneva* ... ... 4760, 4967. Open-face geneva* . ... ... ... 8594. Gold hunting chronometer ... .... 6210.

Jewellery. Seventy-six ladies’ fancy dress rings ;■ one brooch and earrings, pearl in centre ; one brooch and earrings, cluster of pearls; one brooch and earrings, emeralds and pearls ; one brooch, turquoise and rubies; one brooch and earrings with turquoise one brooch and earrings, rubies and pearls; one large locket, ruby surrounded with pearls; one large pendant, ruby surrounded with pearls ; three tassels off a colonial brooch ; one large pendant with coral; four gold keepers, “ M.G.” inside ; six gold keepers, enamelled. . No - reported as stolen. One mourning set, one large pendant, one large locket, two brooches, one pair earrings, one tassel.O. 3371. 25th September, 1877. * Not reported by numbers. Moses Goldstein’s Larceny.— William Ashe, alias Barrett, Henry Thompson, Robert Smith, and Thomas Elkins have been arrested by the Melbourne detective police for this offence. O. 3371. 2nd October, 1877. (See New Zealand Police Gazette, 1877, pages 3 and 4.) William Wylie, charged with bigamy, has been arrested by the Launceston Police, and remanded to South Australia.— O. 4571. 29th September, 1877. (See New Zealand Police Gazette, 1877, page 28.)