Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 21, 20 October 1880, Page 180

Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

Joseph Dolt all is charged, on warrant issued by the Oamaru Bench, with the larceny as a bailee, on the 9th instant, at Oamaru, of bank notes and cheques ; value £BB ; the property of William Gruar. Description: Irish, a labourer, forty-five years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, medium build, small grey eyes, dark hair mixed with grey, dark beard, whiskers, and moustache ; when last seen wore light-grey tweed suit and soft black-felt hat. It is supposed he has gone to Dunedin.

Stolen during the night of the Bth instant, from the stable of Alexander Johnston, Thames Street, Oamaru, an old saddle, very much worn, oval stirrup-irons and cotton girth ; and an old bridle with very thick rein tied in middle, buckle broken off; value £2 10s. Identifiable.

Stolen on the sth instant, from the clothes-line of Margaret Mahoney, Barker Street, Wellington, a nearly-new white-cotton night-dress with plaited breast and frilling at neck, culls, breast, and sleeves ; value 6s. Identifiable.

Supposed stolen on the 4th instant, at Wellington, a whitecanvas bag containing a single-breasted black-tweed paget coat with three buttons on front, a pair of plaid trousers, a lighttweed single-breasted vest, upper and lower button off; a pair of low shoes, three white shirts, two marked “ J. Decampsa night-shirt, three pairs of cotton socks, a razor with black handle, “ J. Rogers” and “Diamond edge” in gilt letters on handle; and a leather pocketbook with “Ledger” on back; the property of James Decamps. Identifiable.

Stolen during the night of the 7th instant, from the yard of Catherine Hanny, Pipitea Point, Wellington, two ducks, seven common hens, and a Spanish rooster; value £l. Rooster identifiable.

Stolen on the 24th ultimo, from the door of the house of John Veale, Hamilton West, a butchers’ blue-linen coat, a blue-and-white striped apron, a grey merino singlet, one grey-striped and two yellow-striped Crimean shirts, two pairs of grey woollen socks, two pairs of grey woollen stockings, and a pair of white-twill cotton drawers, all newly washed and tied in a bundle ; value £3 7s. Coat and apron identifiable.

Stolen during the night of the 11th instant, from the fowlhouse of John Duff, Taranaki Street, Wellington, a yellow-and-silver rooster with speckled breast, a black Spanish hen, a grey Cochin China hen, and a black hen with brown breast and topknot ; value £l. Identifiable.

A man and woman, names unknown, are charged with stealing, on the 11th instant, from a fowlhouse at Oliiro Road, Wellington, three turkeys, since recovered; the property of James Webber. Description : The man is about twenty-three years of age, about 5 feet 8 inches high, stout build ; wore dark pea-jacket., dark trousers, and soft felt hat; active appearance. The woman is 5 feet 5 inches high, slight build; wore dark clothes. They were caught stealing the fowls, and ran away, leaving a bag marked T on the roadside, with the turkeys in it.

Stolen about the 23rd ultimo, from a shed at Richmond Road, Auckland, half a coil of fencing-wire and a potato-sack ; the property of John Campbell; value 9s. Identification doubtful.

Stolen between the 20th and 27th ultimo, from the verandah of the house of William C. Walker, Manukau Road, Auckland, a mackintosh coat with black-velvet collar, “ Thomas Whitson” written on inside about the middle of back ; a blue woollen shawl, and two bird-cages, wire network patternone round, painted brown, the other nearly square ; value £2 18s. Identifiable.

Stolen between the 26th ultimo and 2nd instant, from a stable at Timaru, a solid colonial-gold albert guard, 18 carat, long-link pattern with third link overlapping at each joining, two small split links at end, to one of which was attached a gold French or German coin about the size of a sovereign, with “20” on one side; the property of William Cook; value £l4 10s. Identifiable.

Stolen on. the 9th instant, from the reclaimed land at Wellington, a surveyor’s level box, about 15 by 18 inches, made of red wood like cedar, velvet pads inside; the box was in a dark-leather case, with handle, two straps and brass buckles, and contained an eye-piece about 1£ inches in diameter for tube of level, and a small looking-glass 1 by 1£ inches ; the property of James D. Climie; value £5. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 22nd ultimo, from the Railway Wharf, Auckland, a Maori kit, with a small black-leather satchel inside, containing six £1 notes, supposed on the Bank of New’ Zealand, 73. in silver, and a bunch of keys; the property of E. W. Pucky. Kit, satchel, and keys identifiable.

Stolen on the 12th instant, from the gaswork premises, Courtenay Place, Wellington, a nearly-new pair of dark-plaid trousers with new seat recently put in, a small tear in right pocket; the property of Philip Barnes ; value 17s. Identifiable.

Stolen during the night of the 7th instant, from the fowlhouse of Robert Rutherford, at Caversham, two or three red

game hens, a white game hen, and abou ten half Bramah and Spanish hens ; value 2s. each. Identifiable.

Stolen during the night of the 2nd instant, from the fowlhouse of Benjamin Gown, Cashel Street East, Christchurch, two Cochin China hens with white-and-black spots, and two large yellow hens ; value £l. Identifiable.

Stolen bewcen the 9th and 11th ultimo, from the wreck of the brigantine “ Hannah Broomfield, at Inconstant Point, Wellington, two tomahawks, a gap in face of one; a new American axe, two chisels, an American ash oar, 13 feet long; two pairs of dark-check-tweed trousers, size 6 ; and a white coarse oilcloth coat and a pair of leggings; the property of William Barnard; value £6. Trousers, tomahawk with gap, and oil-coat and leggings identifiable.

Stolen on the 9th ultimo, at Onehunga, a colonial-gold brooch with harp in centre of shamrocks and a gentleman’s likeness underneath, a pair of gold-mounted earrings with shamrock leaves near hook, and a plain gold pencil-case; the property of William Weston; value £lO 15s. Identifiable.