Housebreaking, Stealing from the Person and from Dwellings.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume X, Issue 9, 28 April 1886, Page 77

Housebreaking, Stealing from the Person and from Dwellings.

Stolen on the 11th or 12tli ultimo, from the dwelling of John Adolphus Laing, Parnell, Auckland, a ladies’ blackleather hand-bag with hat handle and clasp-fastening and an

outside pocket with flap; a ladies’ small brown-kid handbag, stained on inside with smelling-salts ; a mother-of-pearl cardcase, a tortoiseshell cardcase, a gentlemen’s small cardcase, a small red-leather purse, a small brown-kid purse, and a bunch of keys ; value £5. Identifiable.

Between 8 a.m. on the 80th and 6.80 p.m. on the 31st ultimo the dwelling of Daniel McOorkindale, Duncan Street, South Dunedin, was broken into, and the following stolen : A single-barrel muzzle-loading gun, pipe for ramrod next to stock broken, value £2 ; a nearly-new black-tweed overcoat, common make, two rows of biack-bone buttons on front, three outside pockets and an inside pocket, value £2 ; and a tablecloth, with D marked with red thread on one of the corners, value 15s. Identifiable.

Stolen on the Bth instant, from the premises of A. and T. Inglis, George Street, Dunedin, an ebony flute, mounted with German silver, eight German-silver keys, maker Newstead, London; value £2 10s. Identification doubtful.

Stolen on the 27th or 28th ultimo, from the hut of James Merchant, at Ophir, a double-barrel breech-loading gun, the screws near the hammer are much battered, and the ramrod is spliced at the top and tied with wax-end; value £5. Identifiable.

Stolen between the 27th ultimo and 10th instant, from the store of Robert B. West, Parawai, Thames, a case containing twenty-four 21b. tins of roast beef, peach brand; value £1 Bs. Identification doubtful. Eighteen of the tins have since been recovered : they were found under an unoccupied house in Bailee Street, Thames.

Stolen on the 16th ultimo, from the person of William Cooper, on board the schooner “ Clio,” at Lyttelton, two £1 notes.

(See Police Gazette, 1886, page 68.)

Breaking into and stealing from the dwelling of William Young, Powell Town, Invercargill: The watch has been recovered, and traced to the possession of John Connell, alias O’Connell, aged thirteen years, arrested by Detective James W. Ede, Invercargill Police, and committed to the Caversham Industrial School until he attains the age of fifteen yeals.

Between February, 1885, and January last the office at the saw-mill of Thomas King, Campbelltown, Wanganui District, was broken into, and the following stolen: Two iron screwjacks, with wooden frames, 2-Jft. high and lOin. broad at one part tapering to sin., each over 561 b. weight; value £ls. Identifiable.

(See Police Gazette, 1886, page 36.) Breaking into the shop of John Coogan, Manners Street, Wellington: Since reporting this case it has been ascertained that a grey-tweed coat was stolen at the same time. The coat has been recovered by Detective William L. Chrystal, Wellington Police. It was found in Benjamin Cohen’s pawn office, Cuba Street, where it was pawned, on the 16th February last, by Samuel Bennett. Bennett was sentenced at the Supreme Court, Wellington, on the sth instant, to three years’ penal servitude on two charges of larceny, concurrent, committed at the Lower Hutt. He was arrested by Constable Patrick L. Harnett, Lower Hutt Police.

(See Police Gazette, 1884, page 212.) The pipe, the property of James Parker, stolen from the Paikakariki Hotel, has been recovered by Constable Maurice Roche, Paikakariki Police. It was found in possession of George Abello, who got it from a Mrs. Driscoll, who says her husband found it on the railway-line, near Paikakariki, about eight months ago.

Stolen on the 10th instant, from the tent of Peter Woolley, at Wirokino, near Foxton, a yellow tin box, about 2Jft. long by 14ft deep and wide, value £1; containing a £lO note, a grey-tweed suit, value £3; a drab-tweed suit, value £3 ; a double-cased silver lever watch, maker Thomas Bostock, Sandback, number not known, value £5 55.; a revolver, value £1 155.; a ladies’ black-leather bag, value 10s. ; two white shirts, value £1; a red-silk handkerchief, value ss. ; three coloured neckties, value 10s.; two pairs of men’s brown woollen gloves, one brown, the other white, value ss. each ; a deposit-receipt for £3OO on the Bank of Australasia, Foxton, and a Post-office Savings-bank book with £4O to credit. Identifiable, except £lO note. Suspicion attached to Hutana Matenga. (For his description, &c., see Police Gazette , 1886, page 25.) He has been arrested on suspicion

by Constable Francis McAnulty, Foxton Police, and remanded for eight days.

Stolen on the 15th instant, from the dwelling of George Ward, Majoribank Street, Wellington, a ladies’ gold watchchain, about 2ft. long, very small twist-link pattern, a small gold pendant, set with grey stone, attached; value £5. Identifiable.

Between 5 p.m. on the 16th and 9 a.m. on the 17th instant the blacksmith’s shop of Hugh Sproat, at Waikaia, was broken into, and the following stolen: A brace with wooden head, eighteen bits for brace, sizes from lin. to and three chisels ; value £2 10s. The brace and some of the bits are identifiable.

Stolen on the 11th instant, from the dwelling of William Miller, at Maerowhenua, Oamaru District, two £5 notes, a £1 note, and a piece of chamois-leather. Leather only identifiable.

Stolen on the 15th instant, from the dwelling of James Wright, at Kumara, five £1 notes and a sovereign.

(See Police Gazette, 1885, page 36.)

Stealing a silver chain and pendant from the whare of Thomas Simpson, Double Hill Station, Canterbury District: Joseph Lamb, fifteen years of age, has been arrested for this offence by Constable Bourke, Methven Police, and sentenced to one month’s labour.

The dwelling of Andrew Bell, The Narrows, Waikato District, was broken into, supposed about the end of January last, and the following stolen: A very old single-barrel gun with a broad brass band round the stock and barrel about 4 inches from the nipple, and a mahogany guncase, both value £2 10s.; a white blanket, a red blanket, a patchwork quilt, a sheet, a feather pillow, and a kerosene lamp, value £1 12s. 6d. Identifiable except blankets, sheets, and pillow.

Stolen on the 16th ultimo, from the dwelling of Charles Cook, corner of Armagh and Durham Streets, Christchurch, a small brown oval Russian leather-bag, value £1; a new dark-morocco purse, value 12s. 6d.; and a solid-silver cardcase, with KG engraved on side, value £4. Identifiable. Suspicion attached to Margaret Robinson, who was at the time in Mr. Cook’s employment. Description: A native of the colony, a nurse-girl, about sixteen years of age, about 4ft. lin. high, medium build, very fair complexion, yellow hair, square features. She is at present living with her parents in Kingsley Street, Sydenham.

On the 16th or 17th instant the blacksmith’s shop of Hugh Sproat, at Waikara, was broken into, and a leather crupper stolen off a saddle which was in the shop; the property of Alice McKenzie; value ss. 6d.

Stolen on the 20th instant, from the shop-window of James Hardie, Rattray Street, Dunedin, a pair of shoes, value 14s. 6d., since recovered. Suspicion attached to a man, name unknown, who subsequently sold the shoes to Reuben Isaacs, dealer, George Street. Description: Supposed English, about twenty-two years of age, sft. 7in. high, medium build, fair complexion, round full face, brown hair, little if any hair on face ; wore grey-tweed sac-coat, greytweed trousers, and dark soft felt hat. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 10th ultimo, from the shop of James Sinclair, at Waimate, a medium-sized oval gold locket in two pieces (the pin is missing from hinges), fern-leaf engraved on back; value £2 10s. Identifiable. Suspicion attached to Edward Davis, and a man name unknown. Description: First, supposed English, looked like a sailor, about nineteen years of age, sft. 4in. high, medium build, swarthy complexion, long sharp nose, dark hair, no hair on face ; wore dark clothes and black-wideawake hat. Second, supposed English, looked like a sailor, about twenty-two years of age, sft. 6in. high, medium build, fair-complexion, no hair on face; wore dark sac-coat, dark-tweed trousers, and new light-coloured-tweed hat. Both identifiable. They went South, and spoke of going to Dunedin to endeavour to obtain a ship there. They were the only strangers in the shop from the time the locket was last seen until it was missed.

Stolen between 5 p.m. on the 17th and 8 a.m. on the 19th instant, from the workshop of Robertson and Co., Princes Street, Dunedin, a die-plate with clasps, a small American tomahawk, a gas-burner tap, two pairs of plumbers’ circular shears, a plumbers’ shave-hook, and -Jib. of small tinned rivets ; value £3. Identifiable except rivets.