Extracts from South Australian Police Gazette.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume IX, Issue 1, 7 January 1885, Page 5

Extracts from South Australian Police Gazette.

(From Gazette, 1884, pages 166 and 170.)

Escaped Prisoner. —Escaped from the cells at Adelaide Police Court, at 10.30 a.m. on the 26th instant (August, 1884), William Summers Waterford, alias Munroe, charged with storebreaking, &c. Description: Ago, about forty years; height, 6 feet; spare build, long face, long brown side whiskers and moustache, about a week’s growth of beard on chin; wearing light trousers, drab soft felt hat with very wide brim, and white comforter round neck. The capture of this man is of the utmost importance ; he is an expert criminal and expiree from Western Australia. (See Police Gazette, 1877, page 22, William Sommers. C. 1618.) Re Waterford, escaped prisoner: The photograph published herewith to be noted with some reservation, as a likeness of the escapee, it being a copy from one presumably taken some time back. Offender, who is reported to be now shaved, follows the occupation of carpenter, bricklayer, or mason. He has a very prominent nose and piercing eyes. £lO reward for capture.—(C. 1618.)

By Authority: George Didsburt, Government Printer, Wellington,—lßßs.

Gaol. Name. Where Tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Born. Height Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Mouth. Chin. Remarks and Previous Convictions. Addington Mary Ann White Christchurch Dec. 2,1884 habitual drunkenness 14 days’labour England ... charwoman i3.39 ft. in. 5 ii sallow dark brown grey medium large medium Repeatedly convicted. Addington Mary Bennett ... Ashburton ... Dec. 1,1884 having no visible 3 weeks’ labour England ... prostitute i860 S 0 fresh brown grey medium medium medium Seven previous convictions. means of support prostitute hazel Addington Eliza Wilson Ashburton ... Sept. 22,1884 having no visible 3 months’ labour ... Scotland... 1854 5 Ii sallow dark long medium narrow Repeatedly convicted. means of support prostitute ■ black Addington Margaret Williams, Christchurch Nov. 29,1884 habitual drunkenness 1 month’s labour ... England ... 1852 5 i h dark grey pug small small Four previous convictions. alias Opium Mag William Higgins, alias Addington Christchurch Dec. 15,1884 disorderly conduct... 14 days’ labour England ... labourer ... 1833 5 3 sallow dark brown dark br. long medium medium Eight previous convictions. Right leg Herrin hazel oil at knee; bald. Addington James Kerr Christchurch Dec. is, 1884 larceny 14 days’ labour Scotland ... horsebreaker labourer ... 1866 5 9l pale brown medium medium medium Round scar on right knee. Lyttelton ... Charles Sweeney Little River t)Jov. 18,1884 disorderly conduct ... 1 month’s labour ... Norway ... 184s S 9J 1 fresh dark brown blue broad medium medium Crucifix and ship on right arm; branches labourer ... brown, turndark br. of trees on left arm. Lyttelton ... William Douglas, aiias Lyttelton ... July 11, 1884 larceny 6 months’ labour ... Scotland... 1841 5 2i dark medium small square lwo previous convictions. Scabie fanner ing grey dark br. Lyttelton ... Thomas G. Wyatt ... Kaiapoi July 14,1884 July s, 1884 wife-desertion 6 months’ labour ... 6 months’ and 14 N. Zealand 1854 5 9i fresh dark brown prominent medium medium Previously convicted. Lyttelton ... Henry Hutchings Christchurch larceny (2 charges)... England ... architect ... 1862 5 oj fresh dark brown brown medium medium medium days’ labour (cumuLyttelton ... William Connel Lyttelton ... Dec. 17, 1884 absent from ship hard labour until Scotland... baker and 1832 5 4 fresh grey brown large large medium Discharged to ship. without leave ship is ready for sea 3 years’ penal servifireman fresh light brown hazel Lyttelton ... Edwin Marlow Dunedin Oct. 2,1882 embezzlement Australia... clerk 1852 5 5 medium medium medium Right arm broken. Has gone to Duntude bricklayer edin. Lyttelton ... William Goodwin Little River Nov. 27,1884 having no visible means of support assault 1 month’s labour ... England .. 1848 5 41 fresh brown, turning grey dark brown grey large medium medium Burn scar on breast. Lyttelton ... Alexander Campbell... Lyttelton ... Nov. 17,1884 6 weeks’ imprisonScotland... boilermaker 1846 s 4i fresh brown small medium medium Scar on left knee and on forehead. Nelson Benjamin S. Allen ... Nelson Dec. 12,1884 assaulting police 10 days’ imprisonment England ... upholsterer 1847 3 3l fresh light brown hazel cocked medium medium Blue mark on left arm. Wellington James A. Stewart Featherston Dec. 3,1884 offensive behaviour in 14 days’ labour England ... tutor 1825 5 7 pale grey brown large medium medium a railway-carriage clerk 5 9l sandy light brown brown large Anchor on right hand; ATC on left hand. Thirteen previous convictions. Wellington Albert Liep Masterton ... Oct. 10,1884 indecent exposure ... 2 months’ labour ... Norway ... 1846 medium round Wellington Mary Ann Hobbins ... Wellington Nov. 5,1884 vagrancy 6 weeks’ labour England ... prostitute 1851 5 0 dark dark brown dark medium medium medium Wellington Edward Baxter Blenheim ... Nov. 11,1884 larceny vagrancy 7 days’ labour 1 month’s labour ... (cumulative) 14 days’ labour j-England labourer ... l852 5 8 reddish fair red fair brown medium medium medium medium sailor hazel Wellington Rudolph Sharfhausen Mary Blanche Wellington Dec. s, 1S84 assaulting police ... Germany 1864 5 8 medium medium Wellington Wellington Dec. 16,1884 obscene language ... 7 days’ labour Ireland ... laundress... 1837 5 0 dark brown hazel medium medium medium Wellington Henry Ellis Wellington Sept. 26,1884 assaulting police (2 2 months’ labour on J charges) each charge (concurrent) J- New labourer ... 1S34 5 dark dark hazel medium medium medium Eight previous convictions. damaging property 1 month’s labour .. 1 Zealand < cumulative) J N. Plymouth James Beaver Hawera Dec. 17,1884 larceny 7 days’ labour England ... labourer ... 1836 8 3 dark dark dark medium medium medium N.Plymouth William Moore Hawera Nov. 26,1884 larceny 1 month’s labour ... Ireland ... labourer ... 1854 5 6 fresh brown blue medium medium medium Napier Thomas McGrath Napier Dec. 8,1884 threatening behaviour 14 days’ labour 7 days’labour England ... fireman ... 1859 5 8 fair light brown grey medium medium medium Blue dot on left hand. Picton Thomas Hanlon Blenheim ... Dec. 17, 1884 obscene language ... Ireland ... labourer ... 1842 5 ioi fresh grey blue broad medium medium Scar on nose. Timaru William Fitzgerald .. Temuka Dec. 3, 1884 assault 14 days’ labour 7 days’ labour Ireland ... labourer ... 1842 5 7 fair light blue medium medium medium Timaru ... Thomas Price, alias Temuka Dec. 11,1884 soliciting alms Wales ... cook 1820 3 3 sallow grey hazel medium medium medium Three previous convictions. William Roach Invercargill Charles Voight Invercargill Dec. 12,1884 assault bound over to keep the peace 3 months’ labour ... : month’s labour ... Germany engineer ... 1S34 5 6 ruddy dark brown grey medium medium medium Wanganui James Bradshaw Wanganui .. Sept. 16,1884 larceny as a bailee ... England ... sawyer ... 1815 8 3i fresh grey grey medium medium medium Two previous convictions. Wanganui Edward Coyne Palmerston Nov. 20, 1884 obscene language ... India labourer ... 1854 5 h freckled light brown hazel large, medium medium Dancing-girl, &c., on right arm; Highbrown broken lander, girl, &c., on left arm. Wanganui Edwin Carr Stead Palmerston Nov. 27,1884 having no visible 1 month’s labour ... England ... surveyor ... 1846 8 11 fresh brown medium medium medium means of support Wanganui James Howe, alius Bull’s Dec. 2,1884 having no visible 14 days’ labour Denmark labourer ... 1842 3 6 fair brown grey medium medium medium Five previous convictions. Lars Hansen means of support hazel Wanganui John Robinson Wanganui ... Dec. 3,1884 larceny as a bailee ... 14 days’ labour N. Zealand labourer ... 1859 8 10 fresh brown large medium medium Scar on right shin. Wanganui John Scott Palmerston Dec. 8, 1884 forgery 14 days’ imprisonment N. Zealand office-boy-1873 4 t> fair fair blue medium medium medium Sent to Nelson Industrial School. Gisborne ... Solomon Black Gisborne ... Dec. 2,1884 larceny 7 days’ labour Ireland ... labourer ... 1844 8 4i sallow brown brown medium medium medium Dunedin ... Eliza Harding Dunedin Sept. 15, 1884 having no visible 3 months’ labour ... Ireland ... prostitute 1848 8 2. fresh grey grey medium medium medium Thirty-six previous convictions. means of support fresh black hazel Dunedin ... Thomas William Tait Invercargill June 26,1882 embezzlement 3 years’ penal servitude 14 days’ labour 6 weeks’ labour Scotland... clerk 1859 8 8 medium medium medium Scars on right leg; scar on throat. Dunedin ... William Scott Pt. Chalmers Dec. s, 1884 larceny Scotland ... fireman ... 1842 8 Si fresh light brown grey large medium medium Scar on nose. Dunedin ... William Morrison Dunedin Nov. 7,1884 larceny N. Zealand bootmaker 1868 3 0 fresh dark brown hazel medium medium medium One previous conviction. Scar on left Dunedin ... John Madden Dunedin ... Oct. 10,1882 stealing from the per3 years’ penal servitude 8 weeks’ labour Victoria ... labourer ... 1856 5 10 fresh dark brown grey medium medium medium Five previous convictions. Dunedin ... Elizabeth Lindsay Dunedin Oct. 25,1884 habitual drunkenness Scotland ... widow 1850 8 3 fresh black hazel medium medium medium Twelve previous convictions.

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM GAOLS DURING THE FORTNIGHT ENDED 27th DECEMBER, 1884.

Gaol. Name. Where Tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Born. Height Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Mouth. Chin. Remarks and Previous Convictions. Dunedin ... Donald McDonald ... Pt. Chalmers Dec. 16,1S84 ship-desertion 14 days’labour Scotland... seaman ... 1850 ft. in. 5 9 sallow brown blue medium medium medium medium medium Crucifix on left arm; “ Liberty or death ” on right arm. Rhoda Avery Dunedin Mar. 31, 1884 larceny 9 months’ labour ... England ... 1847 5 0 sallow dark brown grey small Dunedin ... Francis Coyne Dunedin Sept. 27,1884 larceny 3 months’ labour ... Ireland ... musician ... 1840 5 6 florid sandy grey medium medium medium Several previous convictions. Sailor, gun, pile of shot, and crucifix on right arm; sailor with Union Jack on left arm ; D on left breast. Dunedin ... Henry B. McIntosh ... Dunedin Jan. 4,1882 embezzlement (3 1 4 years’ penal ser'vi1 black large medium Partially bald; scars on left temple. charges) >■ tude on each charge [-Scotland clerk 1844 5 9 sallow hazel medium forgery (4 charges!... ) (concurrent) j brown medium Dunedin ... Albert E. Morgan Dunedin Oct. 2, 1882 assault with intent... 3 years’ penal servitude 4 months’ labour ... England ... plasterer... 1866 S 7 fresh grey medium medium Blind of right eye. Dunedin ... Frederick Williams ... Clyde Sept. 4,1884 larceny N. Zealand horse1862 5 3i fresh brown hazel medium medium medium Scar on right cheek. ' breaker light brown medium Auckland ... Eliza Cutbert Auckland ... Dec. 3,1884 larceny 14 days’ labour N. Zealand 1353 4 11 fresh haze! medium medium Two previous convictions. Auckland... Eliza Rice Auckland ... Nov. 18, 1884 having no visible 1 month’s labour ... Ireland ... 1845 5 1 sallow dark brown blue medium medium medium Forty-two previous convictions. means of support medium medium One previous conviction. James Nolan Hamilton ... Nov. 18, 1884 larceny 1 month’s labour ... 6 months’ labour ... Ireland ... labourer ... 1S58 5 fresh light brown black It. hazel medium Auckland ... Sophia Burke Auckland ... July 11,1884 having no visible Australia... 1859 5 0 swarthy brown medium medium medium Eight previous conyictions. means of support hazel medium medium One previous conviction. Auckland ... Robert Moriarty Hamilton ... Nov. 14,1884 having no visible 1 month’s labour ... Ireland ... labourer ... 1857 S 4 brown grey medium means of support medium Three previous convictions. Scar on Auckland ... William McCormick... Auckland ... Sept. 23,1884 habitual drunkenness 3 months’ labour ... N. Zealand carter 1852 5 53 pale brown grey medium medium medium right Teg. Auckland... Martin Johnson Auckland ... Sept. 24, 1884 larceny 3 months’ labour ... Norway ... sailor 1852 5 4l swarthy brown hazel medium medium Two previous convictions. Blind of right eye; ensign on right arm; IMI over S on right foot. Auckland... Richard Irvine Auckland ... Aug. 23,1884 assaulting police (3 charges) habitual drunkenness 4 months’ labour ... N. Zealand shoemaker 1865 5 2 sallow light brown blue medium medium medium Three previous convictions. Auckland... Nirah Williams, alias Clegg John Thackabury Auckland ... July 18,1884 6 months’ labour ,. Ireland f „ 1855 5 0 fair dark brown hazel medium medium medium Thirteen previous convictions. Auckland... Auckland ... Sept. 27, 1884 habitual drunkenness 3 months’ labour ... 12 months’ labour ... 7 days’ labour England ... barber 1830 S 1 fresh grey blue medium medium medium Four previous convictions. Ann Swift Auckland ... Mar. 7, 1884 habitual drunkenness England ... 1835 5 oi fresh black hazel medium medium medium Twelve previous convictions. Charles Wilson Naseby Dec. 15, 1884 larceny London ... labourer ... 1854 5 5 fresh brown grey long medium medium Clyde James Foohy Clyde Dec. 24, 1884 refusing to pay 3 odays’ imprisonment Ireland ... farmer ... 1861 5 7 fair light brown grey straight medium medium A small lump under left ear. Reef ton amount of damages and costs for his dogs worrying sheep • Hokitika ... Ellen Williams Sept. 19, 1884 assault and insulting 3 months’ imprisonIreland ... matron ... 1848 S 7i dark black brown large large pointed One previous conviction. language ment in default of bail

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED, ETC. — continued.