Deserting Wives and Families, &c.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume X, Issue 11, 26 May 1886, Page 97

Deserting Wives and Families, &c.

(See Police Gazette, 1882, page 173, and 1883, page 72.)

Paori Parai, charged on warrant of commitment to gaol in default of paying £2 18s. fine and costs for having

assaulted Victor Granville, has been arrested by Constable William Brennan, Cambridge Police. Fine and costs paid.

Martin Sales is charged, on warrant issued by the Christchurch Bench, with deserting his child, at Linwood, near Christchurch, since the 20th ultimo. Description : A native of England, a gardener and labourer, twenty-six years of age, about sft. Sin. high, medium build, dark complexion, dark hair, clean-shaved : generally wears a darkish-tweed suit. He is supposed to have gone to Westland.

(See Police Gazette, 1885, page 222, and 1886, page 71.)

Thomas O’Brien, charged on warrant of commitment to Wanganui Gaol in default of paying £1 fine and 7s. costs for being drunk in a railway-carriage, has paid the fine and costs.

Charles Smithel is charged, on warrant issued by the Ashburton Bench, with deserting his wife and six children, at Ashburton, since the 14th November last. Description: A Dane, a labourer and contractor, fifty years of age, sft. lOin. high, stout build, fresh complexion, blue eyes, fair hair, clean-shaved except moustache and imperial; coarse, rough, bloated appearance. He is a rowdy drunkard and a constant frequenter of publichouses. He worked for a time at Kaikoura, Clarence, and Upper Waiau Ferry. He was in Christchurch about three months ago, when he spoke of going to Napier. His wife and children are in very destitute circumstances.