Deserters from Merchant Vessels.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume VIII, Issue 5, 5 March 1884, Page 37

Deserters from Merchant Vessels.

John Whiting, Frederick Philpot, A. Mitchell, W. Lamb, and John McCarthy, able seamen, are charged, on warrants issued by the Wellington Bench, with deserting from the steamer “ British Queen,” at Wellington, during the night of the 17th ultimo. Description : Whiting is English, thirtyfive years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, medium build, dark hair and complexion, dark beard whiskers and moustache. Philpot is English, twenty-one years of age, 5 feet 5 inches high, medium build, brown hair, no hair on face. Mitchell is English, twenty-two years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, medium build, light-brown hair, no hair on face. Lamb is English, thirty-two years of age, 5 feet 11 inches high, medium build, dark hair, clean-shaved except brown moustache. McCarthy is Irish, thirty-eight years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, medium build, dark hair, clean-shaved except dark moustache. A reward of £3 each is offered for their arrest.

George Ruaston and A. M. Andersen are charged with deserting from the ship “ City of Nankin,” at Lyttelton, between the 18th and 22nd ultimo. Description : Ruaston is a Dane, an ordinary seaman, eighteen years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, fair complexion, thin face, long nose, no hair on face, slouching gait. Andersen is a Dane, an able seaman, twenty years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, fair complexion, long face, a few straggling hairs on face; stooped, slovenly gait.

(See Police Gazette, 1884, page 10.)

Charles Farmer, alias Armidt, charged on warrant with refusing to join the ship “ Margaret Galbraith,” has been arrested by Constable Timothy O’Rourke, Wellington Police, and sentenced to ten weeks’ labour.

(See Police Gazette, 1883, page 209.)

The warrants issued by the Wellington Bench for the arrest of J. Iveson, F. Roberts, William Burchill, Edward Bjorkborn, William Francis, Thomas Woodcock, and Gustaff Olsson, for deserting from the ship “ Westland,” have been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette, 1883, page 157.)

The warrants issued by the Wellington Bench for the arrest of Edwin Whalstrom, Wilhelm Rick, William Martinson, and Hans Kirkstein, for deserting from the barque “ Catalina,” have been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette, 1884, page 29.)

The warrant issued by the Wellington Bench for the arrest of Charles Williams, alias Slasher, for deserting from the steamer “ Bombay,” has been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette, 1883, page 218.)

The warrant issued by the Wellington Bench for the arrest of Charles Bassett, for deserting from the steamer “ British King,” has been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette, 1883, page 144.)

The warrants issued by the Wellington Bench for the arrest of Nicholas Zirtonewich and Matteo Tomzabel, for deserting from the brig “ Ibar,” have been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette, 1884, page 10.)

The warrants issued by the Wellington Bench for the arrest of Charles Miller, and James Leal, for deserting from the ship “ Hurunui,” have been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette, 1883, page 135.)

The warrant issued by the Wellington Bench for the arrest of Antonio Babich, for deserting from the brig “ Ibar,” has been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette, 1883, page 120.)

The warrants issued by the Wellington Bench for the arrest of J. E. Morris, Albert Hallingburg, Tassorum Kromfrum, and C. Parris, for deserting from the barque “ Dora Ann,” have been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette, 1884, page 18.)

The warrant issued by the Wellington Bench for the arrest of Frank Roberts, for deserting from the ship “ Westland,” has been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette, 1883, page 143.)

The warrants issued by tlie Wellington Bencli for the arrest of Thomas Davies and L. Larsen, for deserting from the ship “ Timaru,” have been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette, 1883, page 150.)

The warrant issued by the Wellington Bench for the arrest of William Finnis Harding, for deserting from the ship “ Oxford,” has been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette, 1883, page 150.)

The warrant issued by the Wellington Bench for the arrest of T. Gabrielson, for deserting from the barque “ Oxford,” has been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette, 1883, page 218.)

The warrants issued by the Wellington Bench for the arrest of William Adamson and Samuel Flight, for deserting from the ship “ Pleione,” have been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette , 1883, page 198.)

The warrants issued by the Wellington Bench for the arrest of Arthur Butler, William Buries, William Scott, Charles Burgess, John Barnes, and Frederick Kebble, for deserting from the steamer “ lonic,” have been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette, 1883, page 119.) The warrants issued by the Wellington Bench for the arrest of Carl Heinr Weller, H. S. Anderson, and Peter Jansen, for deserting from the barque “ Estrella,” have been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette, 1883, page 157.)

The warrant issued by the Wellington Bench for the arrest of William Scott, for deserting from the barque “ Arauco,” has been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette, 1883, page 209.)

The warrant issued by the Wellington Bench for the arrest of 11. Ladd, for being absent without leave from the ship “ Orari,” has been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette, 1884, page 4.)

The warrant issued by the Wellington Bench for the arrest of Knud Olsen, for deserting from the barque “ Dunelm,” has been cancelled.