Stealing otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume I, Issue 9, 22 October 1877, Page 58

Stealing otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

/Stolen on the 15th instant, at Pig-hunting Creek,- Great South Road,' Timaru, a brown leather pocket-book, containing a cheque for £236 on the Bank of New Zealand, Cristchurch, dated the 3rd October, 1877, drawn -by William Simons in favour of N. Tapling ; a cheque for £l2 on the Bank of New Zealand, Timaru, drawn by Francis Hicks in favour of Nathaniel Tapling ; two Bank of New Zealand £1 notes and 10s. 6d. in silver ; the property of Nathaniel Tapling. Pocketbook and cheques identifiable. Suspicion attached to Thomas Lambert, a member of the criminal class. For description see Police Gazette,, 1877, page 14, and Discharged Prisoners’ Return of this issue. -

(See Police Gazette, 1877, page 52.)

•Louis Justland, alias Tresland, charged on warrant with having stolen a revolver at Christchurch, the property of Antonio Ejerer, has been arrested by Constable William Smart, Rakaia Police.

• Stolen on the 16th instant, from a desk in the New Zealand Times Newspaper Office, Willis Street, Wellington, six £1 notes, a half-sovereign, £2 Is. lid., in silver, and four 3s. stamps, the property of the New Zealand Times Company. It is supposed the desk was opened by means of a skeleton' key. Suspicion attached to George De Courcey, English, twentv-five years of age, 5 feet 3 inches high, stout build, fresh complexion, dark brown hair, small dark whiskers and moustache, chin shaved ; wore grey tweed suit.

Stolen between the 9th and 14th instant., from the garden of Ar Tie and party, at Akaroa, a new long-handle shovel, a small garden spade broken at back, and 318 cauliflower plants ; value £5. Spade identifiable.- * r >

Stolen about the 4th instant, from the forecastle of the schooner Sarah Pile, at Westport, four £1 notes and six woollen tablecloths, three green-and-black, two red-and-black, and one brown-and-black with yellow border; the property of Morns Litzen. Table-cloths identifiable. Suspicion attached to Charles Jones, an English Jew, a painter, thirty years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, slight build; dark brown whiskers, beard, and moustache, worn full ; slightly deaf and lame.

(See Police Gazette, 1877, page 53.) r, The brown retriever dog reported stolen at Timaru, the property of the Rev. William Gillies, has been recovered. .

Stolen on the 7th instant, from a case containing photographs, in Colombo Street, Christchurch, about forty cartes de visite of men and women ; the name, Andrew Simpson, on the back of each ; the property of Andrew Simpson ; value 20s. Identification doubtful.

Stolen about the 6th instant,qfrorn the beach at St. Mary’s Road, Ponsonby, Auckland, a flat-bottomed dingy, about 12 feet long, sharp at ends, lower outside painted black and upper part white ; and a pair of paddles branded WC the property of William Cooper ; value £2 10s.

Lost or stolen on the 2nd or 3rd instant, from a buggy at Upper Ashburton, Canterbury District, a carriage rug, black imitation sealskin front, black and white interwoven on back the property of George Robinson ; value 30s. Identifiable.

Stolen between the 2nd and 12th instant, from Brown Street, Dunedin,. about fifty common red bricks ; the property of Mathew Brown; value 4s. -

(See Police Gazette, 1877, page 52.)

The corn-sacks, the property of Walter Henderson, reported stolen from the railway-shed at Jack’s Crossing, near Winton, have been returned to the place from which they were taken.