Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume VIII, Issue 25, 10 December 1884, Page 212

Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

Stolen between the Ist October last and the 16th ultimo, at Tuapeka Flat, near Lawrence, a block of black pine, about 20 inches in diameter and 9 inches long, decayed at the centre ; the property of Patrick White; value ss. Identifiable.

Stolen between 5.30 p.m. on the 16th and 7 a.m. on the 17th ultimo, from the premises of Thomas Meehan, NorthEast Valley, near Dunedin, a yellow duck-wing game pullet, yellow legs, short comb and tail, twelve months old ; value £l. Identifiable.

Stolen between the 31st October last and the 19th ultimo, from the premises of Henderson, Law, and Co., Stafford, Street, Dunedin, five brass engine-fittings ; value £2. Identifiable.

Stolen between 5 p.m. on the 12th and 8 a.m on the 13th ultimo, at Inglewood, two cross-cut saws, one 7 feet long, very old and worn, the property of Henry Baker, value £1; the other 8 feet long, nearly new, value £1 ss. Not identifiable.

Stolen on the 20th ultimo, from off a horse at Okato, near New Plymouth, an old pigskin saddle, thick at the back, seat torn and ripped, a new white web-girth, two stirrup leathers, one shorter than the other, and a new bridle ; the property of David Edgington ; value £2 10s. Identifiable.

Stolen between the 10tli and 17th ultimo, from off a fence on the farm of Stephen Harris, Styx, near Papanui, about 9 chains in length of four-pronged barbed-iron fencing-wire, which will likely be marked at the parts where it had been fastened to the posts. Supposed identifiable.

Stolen on the 24tli ultimo, from the garden of Mr. Mendelsohn, Arthur Street, Dunedin, three full-blown white roses ; value ss. Not identifiable.

Stolen on the night of the 19th ultimo, from a dray in a paddock at Blenheim, a parcel addressed “ Mrs. Richmond, Richmond Brook,” containing a dozen white table-napkins, three pairs ladies’ six-button black-kid gloves ; a quantity of egg-eyed needles, maker, Abel Morrall; a packet of blue embroidery, two dozen filossello silks, various colours; half a dozen gentlemen’s French regatta shirts, size 16; a dozen

gentlemen’s scarves, various colours; 6 yards black satin; the property of Francis H. Richmond; value £9. Identifiable.

Stolen between the 6th and Bth ultimo, from a railway truck on the line between Riverton and Wallacetown, two bullocks’ hides ; the property of John Kingsland ; value £1 10s. Not identifiable.

(See Police Gazette, 1884, page 124.)

Stealing two stock-whips, the property of Hugh R. Gunn: Richard Hackett has been arrested for this offence by Constable John Ryan, Mercer Police, and discharged by the Mercer Bench. One of the whips described was found in his possession.

Stolen on the 23rd July last, from the Provincial Hall, Nelson, a Canton crape shawl, cream colour, embossed with white flowers on both sides, deep white-silk fringe; the property of Mrs. H. A. Levestam ; value £2O. Identifiable. Suspicion attached to William Aisher, a native of Wellington, a cabinet-maker, twenty-one years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, fair complexion. Identifiable. Still in Nelson.

(See Police Gazette, 1884, page 191.) The axe, the property of Daniel McArthur, reported stolen at Frant, near Dunedin, has been recovered.

Stolen between the 15th and 17th ultimo, from the rail-way-line, near Purakanui, a No. 3 long-handled shovel, branded NZRPW on the blade and handle, nearly new ; the property of the Government; value 6s. Identifiable.

Jacob Greenberg, alias Joseph Green, is charged, on warrant issued by the Wellington Bench, with the larceny as a bailee, on the Ist ultimo, at Napier, of eight silver watches, nine wooden pipes, six hair-brushes, a clock, twelve photograph frames, twelve pocket-knives, three dozen plated des-sert-spoons, a dozen plated tea-spoons, and three dozen plated forks ; the property of Rose Hyams ; value £7O. Identification doubtful. Description: A Polish Jew, a hawker, eighteen years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high, rather stout build, fair complexion and hair, no hair on face, brown eyes, Jewish features, speaks English badly; usually wears a brown-tweed suit. Identifiable. He left Napier on the 2nd ultimo by the steamer “ Waihora,” as a steerage passenger for Sydney, under the name of Joseph Green.

(See Police Gazette, 1884, page 200.) James Pulford, charged, on warrant issued by the Temuka Bench, with larceny as a bailee, has been arrested by Constable Robert Neill, Ashburton Police.

Stolen about the 24th ultimo, at Sherwood Downs Station, South Canterbury, a dark-tweed paget-coat, nearly new, buttons to match, black-silk lining slightly torn at the right shoulder; the property of Patrick O’Neill; value £2 10s. Identifiable.

Stolen between 5 p.m. on the 16th and 3 p.m. on the 17th ultimo, from a shed on the grounds of the Timaru Lawn Tennis Club, Timaru, a pair of white-flannel trousers, a shirt and cap of same material, and a towel, the property of John Plaisted, value £2; a shirt and pair of trousers of white flannel, a pair of well-wom boots, and a towel, the property of William Hellimore, value £1 10s.; a pair of trousers and cap of white flannel, and a pair of half-worn boots, the property of John Rowe, value £1 10s.; a pair of well-worn white flannel trousers, with double-seat and rust spots on the fly, the property of Andrew Ferguson, value 10s. ; a shirt and pair of trousers of white flannel, the property of Thomas Howley, value £2 ; a shirt and pair of trousers of white flannel and a pair of black-leather shoes with indiarubber soles, the property of John Begg, value £2. Identifiable.

Stolen on the night of the 11th ultimo, from a paddock at Warkwortli, a hive of bees in a common box ; the property of Lachlan Thomson ; value £2. Identification doubtful.

Stolen between 7 p.m. on the 20th and 2.30 p.m. on the 21st ultimo, from the slaughterhouse of Walter Gilchrist, Washdyke, near Timaru, about 301 b. of beef, two hind quarters of pork, a common butchers’ knife, and a steel; value £1 15s. Knife and steel only identifiable.