Deserters from Merchant Vessels.
Jacob Jacobsen is charged with deserting from the barque “ Wave Queen,” at Lyttelton, on the night of the 23rd ultimo. Description: A Russian Finn, an able seaman, thirty years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high, medium build, cleanshaved except small moustache ; wore dark clothes and soft black-felt hat. He is supposed to have gone to Christchurch. A reward of £2 is offered for his arrest.
(See Police Gazette, 1884, page 108.)
The warrant issued by the Campbelltown Benoh for the arrest of John Dhu, for deserting from the whaling barque “ Emily Dowling,” has been cancelled.
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New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume IX, Issue 3, 4 February 1885, Page 20
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