Deserters from Merchant Vessels.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume VI, Issue 17, 23 August 1882, Page 134

Deserters from Merchant Vessels.

Alered Robin and Henry Hall, apprentice-seamen, are charged, on warrant issued by the Wellington Bench, with deserting from the ship “Berker,” at Wellington, on the 7th or Bth instant. Description: Robin is eighteen years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, stout build, dark complexion, hazel eyes, dark-brown hair; dressed in blue-serge suit and marine cap with flag on front. Hall is seventeen years of age, 5 feet high, slight build, fair complexion, blue eyes rather sore and red, and lightish hair. A reward of £1 each is offered for their arrest.

(See Police Gazette , 1882, page 126.)

John Learsen and Philip Cain, charged with deserting from the barque “ Pampero,” at Port Chalmers, have been arrested by Constable Charles H. Colborne, Port Chalmers Police, and sentenced to twelve weeks’ labour.

(See Police Gazette, 1882, page 126.)

Erick Pulk and Hans Bottler, charged with deserting from the barque “ Woodville,” at Port Chalmers, have been arrested by Constable Henry Green, Blueskin Police, and sentenced to twelve weeks’ labour.

Y. A. Mathson and Charles Hyacntb, able seamen, are charged, on warrant issued by the Wellington Bench, with deserting from the ship “Crusader,” at Wellington, between the 9th and 12th instant. Description : Mathson is a native of Sweden, about thirty-five years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, stout build, fair hair and complexion, reddish beard whiskers and moustache. Hyacnth is a native of Sweden, about forty - five years of age, about 5 feet 9 inches high, slight build, dark hair beard whiskers and moustache turning grey.

Frank Raymond, Charles Schmidt, Thomas Connell, Peter Carle, and Peter Johnson, are charged with deserting from the ship “ Star of Erin,” at Port Chalmers, during the night of the 12th instant. Description : Raymond is English, thirty years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, medium build, dark-brown hair, clean-shaved except heavy dark-brown moustache. Schmidt is a German, thirty years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high, stout build, fair complexion, light-brown hair, and light-coloured straggling hairs on face. Connell is Irish, twenty-six years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, medium build, fair freckled complexion, brown hair, small straggling hair 3 on face. Carle is a Norwegian, twenty-two years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high, medium build, fair complexion, small fair beard and moustache. Johnson is a

Swede, twenty-seven years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, medium build, (air complexion, small fair beard and moustache, sullenlooking. A reward of £5 each is offered for the arrest of Raymond and Schmidt, and £2 each for the arrest of the others, if effected on or before the 25th instant.

(See Police Gazette, 1882, page 126.)

Erick Soderberg and Edmond Keilin, charged with deserting from the barque “ Lochengrin,” have been arrested by Constables Charles H. Colborne and Eugene Egan, Port Chalmers Police.