Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume VIII, Issue 1, 9 January 1884, Page 2

Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

(See Police Gazette, 1883, page 208.) Georqe Doidge, charged on warrant with stealing clothes, the property of John Dobbs, has been arrested by Constable John Haddock, Dargaville Police, and was remanded to Whangarei and discharged.

Stolen on the 29th ultimo, at South Rakaia, a swag consisting of a pair of new grey blankets ; a pair of blue blankets, a square tear in centre which has lately been mended; a pair of coloured moleskin trousers strapped with black cloth ; two pairs of new dark tweed trousers, size 5; two nearly new striped Crimean shirts; a new towel; a razor with black handle, H scratched on handle; a lather-brush'; a gold quartz specimen ; a pocket-knife with white handle, a small piece broken off handle ; a looking-glass and hair-brush combined ; and two pairs of white flannel drawers; the property of Henry Clarkson; value £3. Identifiable. Suspicion attached to a man known as Little Billy, alias Curly, a native of London, a station cook, about thirty-eight years of age, about 5 feet 7 inches high, stout build, fair complexion, fair hair, clean-shaved except moustache, bad feet. He had no swag of his own.

Stolen on the 26th ultimo from off a horse at Martinborough, Wairarapa, an old colonial-made saddle, centre of flaps repaired with a piece of leather 6 inches wide at top and 4 inches at bottom, three-bar stirrup-irons, common stirrup-leathers, web girth, a red-cotton surcingale; and a ladies’ new double-rein bridle, “ Tom Evans ” stamped on top of head-piece, outside of forehead band white with common leather doubled over edge ; the property of Charles Faulkner; value £4 10s. Identifiable.

Stolen on the Ist instant, from off a horse at Ohau, Wellington, two stirrup-leathers, “ Walter Drake ” written in ink on one of them near the buckle; two solid Virginia silver stirrup-irons, bar pattern; and a small bridle rein with square buckles; the property of Walter Drake ; value £1 ss. Identifiable.

Stolen between the Ist and 15th ultimo, from the workshop of Walter E. Bayne, Mount Eden Road, Auckland, two smoothing-planes, a 9-inch steel square, and a lj-inch chisel with new round handle, all marked “W. E. Bayne ; ” a wooden mallet, and a large paint-brush ; value £l. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 9th ultimo, from off a horse in Grey Street, Gisborne, a saddle, fresh briar scratches on front and on

knee-pads, one of stirrup-leathers nearly new, the other spliced, raw cowhide girth with double buckles ; a bridle, one of the buckles fastening rein to bit broken, the tongue of buckle fastening reins together broken, very narrow cheekstrap ; the property of John Dawson ; value £5. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 15th ultimo, from the dairy of Thomas Ryder, at Puni Farm, near Invercargill, 4Jlb. of butter; seven or eight bars of soap; a round brown-and-white earthenware dish ; five dinner plates; a large yellow earthenware bowl; and a white earthenware bowl; value £l. Identification doubtful.

(Sec Police Gazette, 1883, page 21G.) The black collie dog, the property of John E. Palmer, reported stolen from Otakia, Otago, has been recovered.

(See Police Gazette, 1883, page 119.) The parcel containing a coat and vest, the property of Samuel Colbran, reported stolen from Yathan Street, Invercargill, has been recovered.

Stolen during the night of the 26tli ultimo, from the premises of Charles Reilly, Grange Street, Dunedin, three pillowslips marked “ Reilly ” with ink ; three calico sheets ; a white tablecloth ; a large bath towel; a lady’s night-dress ; a chemise ; and a pdir of drawers, marked “ Isabella Reilly value £2. Identifiable. The clothing was soiled.

Stolen during the night of the 23rd ultimo, from tho premises of George Smith, Grange Street, Dunedin, a duckwing game-cock, light colour, one of spurs broken off, and one of wings cut short; value £1 10s. Identifiable.

Stolen during the night of the 23rd ultimo, from the fellmongory of Frederick Palmer, near ITawera, a box made of rimu wood, marked NK—NP in large letters, containing 56 lb. of yellow soap ; value 12s. Box identifiable.

Stolen during the night of the 23rd ultimo, from the fowlhouse of Frederick Wallis, at Hawera, forty-two common hens of various colours; value £4 4s. Some of them identifiable.

A letter posted by Robert Moffett, at Makarona, Otago, in October last, addressed to “ George Fache, Commission Agent, Clyde,” has not been received by Mr. Fache, and it is believed has been stolen. It contained three £1 notes.

Stolen during the night of the 17th ultimo, from the fowlhouse of Anthony Riely, Yare Street, Oamaru, three grey ducks ; value 7s. 6d.

Stolen during the night of the 22nd ultimo, at Vogeltown, near Wellington, two grey geese with white breasts, a white goose, and a dark-grey goose, all about three months old ; the property of John L. Moffett; value £l. Identifiable.

Stolen during the night of the 14th ultimo, at Aratapu Gum Fields, Auckland, five sacks of gum; the property of Thomas McManus ; value £lO.

(See Police Gazette, 1883, page 216.) The clothes, &c., stolen from the garden of Martha Rowberry, Taylor’s Lane, have been recovered, and traced to the possession of Ann Dell, who has been arrested by Detective Robert R. Jones, Christchurch Police, and sentenced to seven days’ labour.

Stolen on the 31st ultimo, from a cage under the verandah of the house of Sew Hoy, Cumberland Street, Dunedin, a green-and-yellow male canary, a good singer; value 15s. Identification doubtful.

Stolen on the 24th or 25th ultimo, from a boat at Pelichet Bay, Dunedin, about 2 cwt. of lead in bars of from 15 to 20 inches long, about 2 inches wide by inch thick ; the property of Thomas Fuller ; value 255. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 11th ultimo, from the washhouse of Stephen Foreman, Brunswick Line, Wanganui, two round plain gold sleeve-links, about the size of a shilling, and a plain gold neck-stud; value £3. Identifiable. Suspicion attached to a Maori, who is supposed to have gone to Murimotu.

Stolen between the 13th November last and the Ist ultimo, from a case on board the steamer “ Wakatipu,” between Sydney and Dunedin, or in the railway goods shed at Dunedin, about forty Fiji sea shells very tastefully cut and engraved, a fancy shell cruet-stand with three bottles, a nickel-silver cruet-stand with five bottles, a round nickel-

silver alarm clock a dint on one side; a silver toast-rack, a number of sharks’ teeth tied on a stick about 3 feet long, ten white turkish towels, three pair of double-twill sheets, two single sheets, five pillow-slips, three with frills at ends; six silver teaspoons, six new plated table-forks, six tableknives with white ivory handles, six table-spoons, plated ; six dessert-spoons, plated; and three pieces of white coral; the property of Mrs. Ellen Ilay; value £26. Shells, cruetstands, and clock identifiable.

Stolen during the night of the 29tli ultimo, from the stable of Stroud Baraclough, at Patea, a single-rein bridle, a patch about 3 inches long on near side of cheek-strap, nickle-silver bit, right bar turned outwards ; value 15s. Identifiable.

Stolen between the Ist and 7th ultimo, from a railway truck at the Upper Hutt Railway Station, a cross-cut saw, known as a lightning saw, about 5 feet long, 5 inches wide in centre ; the property of the Government; value 17s. Identifiable.