Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume IX, Issue 26, 23 December 1885, Page 221

Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

(See Police Gazette , 1885, page 203.) Fkederick E. Parsons, charged on warrant with the larceny as a bailee of £4, at Ashbourne Ferry Road, near Christchurch, the property of John Merson, has been arrested by Constable Palmontain, Greymouth Police.

(Sec Police Gazette , 1885, page 184.) T. Love, alias Henry Francis Smith, charged on warrant with the larceny as a bailee of a watch, the property of Robert John Tanner, has been arrested by Detective Robert Bain, Dunedin Police, and sentenced to one month’s labour. He was also sentenced to one month’s labour for stealing a watch at Port Chalmers on the 9tli instant, the property of James Garrick.

Stolen on the 14th or 15th instant, from the blacksmith’s shop of James Reid, at Mandeville, Southland District, a drilling-brace 2 feet 9 inches long, a carpenters’ iron brace with steel bit, 14 inches long, and two files, a piece cut off one; value £l.

(See Police Gazette, 1885, page 204.) The sack of wool, the property of Guy Malcohnson, stolen from the jetty at ITobson Street, Auckland, has been recovered.

Stolen on the 7th instant, from a stable at Sockburn, near Christchurch, a pair of nearly-new dark-tweed trousers and a vest of same material, the property of James Holmes, value £1 10s.; also a pair of pepper-and-salt-coloured tweed trousers, with a large coat-button sewn on front, not much worn, and a vest of same material, the property of Edward Harris, value £l. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 3rd instant, from an old tank in Customs Street, Auckland, a black diagonal - cloth sac-coat and a light-grey tweed vest; the property of John Moore; value £l. Identifiable.

Stolen on the sth instant, from the yard of Mary Dyke, Douglas Wallace Street, Wellington, a Brussels carpet, about 10 feet by G feet, slightly worn and faded in colour, pattern green ground with yellow squares about J-incli square, inside of which is a black spot; there are also occasional yellow squares of about 3 inches square, enclosing a few white-and-red spots; value £l. Identifiable.

Stolen on the sth instant, from the blacksmiths’ forge of George Schluter, Stafford Street, Dunedin, a silver lever hunting-watch, maker Rotherham, London, No. 3599; value £6. Identifiable.

Stolen between the 27th October last and the lltli ultimo, from the breastwork, near the railway-wharf, Auckland, two galvanized-iron rafting-chains about GO feet and 50 feet long respectively, and an iron chain about 20 feet long; the property of Charles Hardy; value £B. Identification doubtful.

Stolen on the 22nd ultimo, at the beach, Devonport, near Auckland, a pocketbook containing eleven £1 notes and a sovereign; the property of Hcnrieh Retry. Pocketbook identifiable.

Stolen on the lltli or 12th instant, from the galley of the steamer “ Southern Cross,” at the Queen’s Wharf, Wellington, a meat-saw, a knife with W marked on the handle, and a meat-chopper; the property of the Union Steam Shipping Company ; value 15s. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 10th or 11th instant, from the garden of the Hon. J. E. Tole, Tinakori Road, Wellington, six heads of cabbage; value Is.

(See Police Gazette, 1885, page 212.)

The keg of staples, the property of John Murray, reported stolen from the Cavendish Railway-station, has been recovered. The other property, reported stolen at the same time, has not been recovered.

Stolen about the 22nd ultimo, from the garden of Thomas Primrose Baber, Carlton Mill Road, St. Albans, two Dutch hoes, two American axes, a scythe-stone, a pruning-saw, and a claw-hammer, nearly new ; value £1 ss. Saw and axes identifiable.

Stolen on the 13th instant, from on board the barque “ May Queen,” at the Port, Nelson, a briar-root pipe, 5J inches long, amber mouthpiece between 2 and 3 inches long, about 2 inches of silver mounting at the connection of mouthpiece and stem, a ring of silver round bowl; the property of George Colville ; value £1 ss. Identifiable.

Stolen from the premises of Malcolm Stevenson, at Opua, near Opunake (date not given), a fryingpan with a small hole in the bottom, a garden-hoe, a billhook with MS cut in handle, and a spade; value 12s. Fryingpan and billhook identifiable. Maoris suspected.

(See Police Gazette, 1885, page 107.) The clothes stolen from the clothes-lines of Thomas Jolly, at Frankfort, Hamilton West, have been recovered. They were found in an old unused well.

Stolen between the 6th October last and the sth instant, from McLeod’s Bush, near Helensville, two timber-jacks, makers Price Brothers ; the property of James and Andrew McLeod; value £ls. Identification doubtful.

Stolen between the 7th and 16th instant, at Glentui Station, Canterbury District, the leather portion of a leading harness, consisting of crupper with strap to buckle to hames, near pad of back-strap off, and side-hook of liip-strap off and a piece of wire substituted; it is old, and the stitching is worn out; the property of James White ; value, ss. Identifiable.