Deserters from Her Majesty’s Service.
Charles Ramage and William Gray are charged with deserting from Her Majesty’s ship “Emerald,” at Auckland, on the 27th ultimo and Ist instant. Description: Ramage is English, a seaman, nineteen years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, ruddy complexion, liglit-browu hair, and light-blue eyes, tattoo marks on arms. Gray is English, a seaman, eighteen years of age, 5 feet high, fair complexion, dark hair and brown eyes. A reward of £3 each is offered for their arrest.
W.-J. Chapman is charged with deserting from Her Majesty’s ship “ Emerald,” at Wellington, on the 9th instant. Description : English, a gunner Royal Marine Artillery, twenty-seven years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, dark hair, and swarthy complexion. A reward of £3 is offered for his arrest.
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New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume III, Issue 15, 16 July 1879, Page 124
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130Deserters from Her Majesty’s Service. New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume III, Issue 15, 16 July 1879, Page 124
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