Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume X, Issue 14, 7 July 1886, Page 125

Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

A man, name unknown, is charged with stealing, on the 13th ultimo, from a workshop off Tuam Street, Christchurch, a 2in. chisel with octagonal hickory handle, a l£in. chisel, a lin. chisel, a fin. chisel, a £in. chisel, and a lin. gouge with four small marks punched in blades, round handles; the property of Charles Mclntosh; value 10s. Identifiable. Description: About thirty years of age, carrotty whiskers, smart appearance; wore brown coat and brown hat. Supposed identifiable. He was seen stealing the tools and putting them in a bag.

Stolen between the 16th and 27th ultimo, from the rail-way-station, Matarawa, Wellington District, a 121 b. box of tea; the property of George Waterson; value £1 10s.

Stolen on the Ist instant, from off a horse at the Town Belt, Wellington, a nearly-new canvas horse-cover lined with grey felt, “ G. Glover, Oriental Bay,” marked on outside ; the property of George Glover; value £1 ss. Identifiable.

Supposed stolen on the 13th ultimo, from off a horse at Bull’s, a canvas horse-cover, about half worn, lined with carpetting; the property of Mrs. Robert Smith; value 15s. Identifiable.

Stolen between the 16th and 22nd ultimo, on the ManaiaStratford Road, near Manaia, an old cross-cut saw, about 6ft. long, recently sharpened ; an old rusty American lightningsaw, about 4ft. long, a piece broken off lower end of handle; a 2in. auger, nearly new; a new blue-gum maul with an iron ring about an inch wide on each end, and an old axehandle for a handle ; and a steel wedge, about Bin. long and 3in. wide; the property of John Simpson; value £1 10s. Lightning-saw and maul identifiable. Identification of the other articles doubtful.

Supposed stolen on the 15th ultimo, at Invercargill, a light-brown-coloured lurcher slut, heavy with pup; has a mark over one of eyes caused by a kick from a horse; answers to the name “ Gip; ” the property of NeilFrederickson; value £5. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 21st or 22nd ultimo, from the stable of Moorhouse and Edwards, Featherston Street, Wellington, a canvas horse-cover and a hay-fork: value £2,

(See Poize Gazette , 1886, page 117.)

The three coats, the property of Charles Walker, reported stolen at Wellington, have been recovered; they were not stolen.

Stolen on the 18th or 19th ultimo, from a new building in Tinakori Road, Wellington, a carpenters’ brace, sixteen screw-bits, a smoothing-plane with three marks punched on top, an oil-stone, a fin. chisel, a gin. chisel, both marked “ Broomhall; ” a pair of iron compasses, an oil-can, anew jack-plane, a mallet, and a screw-driver; the property of Benjamin Wadsworth and Frederick Hunt; value £2 15s. 6d. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 18th or 19th ultimo, from off a horse at Lincoln, a nearly-new horse-cloth with W marked on each side at back; the property of John Wolfe; value £1 2s. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 18th or 19th ultimo, from the garden of Andrew Fairbairn, North Invercargill, a beehive containing about 301 b of honey ; value £1 10s.

(See Police Gazette , 1886, page 97.)

The plumbers’ tools, the property of Charles Farrell, reported stolen from Maclaggan Street, Dunedin, have been recovered ; they were not stolen.

Stolen during the night of the 21st ultimo, from an outhouse at Maungakawa Road, near Cambridge, a ham and two shoulders of bacon ; the property of William C. Breakell; value £l. Identification doubtful.

Stolen on the 24th or 25th ultimo, at Johnsonville, two roosters, about ten months old, double combs, plumage red over wings and dark below them, and two hens, about eight months old, one grey, the other white, all common barn-door breed ; the property of Francis S. Lewin ; value Bs. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 11th or 12th ultimo, from a shed at the Oraki Railway-station, Southland District, a large kelp bag, covered with totara-bark sewn together with flax, a Maori kit on bottom, the bark is branded D in two places, containing about 160 mutton-birds cured in their own fat; and two other bags of a similar make, but branded O in three places, each containing about 60 mutton-birds cured with salt; the property of Charles Pratt; value £6. Identifiable by brands.

Stolen on the Bth or 9th ultimo, from off a horse at Weatherstone Road, near Lawrence, a nearly-new horsecover ; the property of Samuel Wootton; value 17s. 6d. Identifiable.

Stolen during the night of the 15th ultimo, from a clothes-line at Frasertown, Hawke’s Bay District, five linen table-cloths, 12ft. long, and five twill-sheets, double width, all marked CRT on one of corners; the property of Charles Ross Thatcher ; value £5 ss. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 24th ultimo, from the waiting-room at the railway-station, Masterton, a large water-bottle and a glass, the property of the Government; value 7s. 6d. Bottle identifiable.

Stolen on the 22nd ultimo, from the clothes-line of Thomas Small, Timaru, four linen pinafores, two of them with scarlet linen on front, three toilet-covers, four pillowcases, a calico night-dress, four pocket-handkerchiefs, a calico table-cloth, and a pair of ladies’ linen drawers ; value 13s. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 23rd or 24th ultimo, from a stable at Stirling, Lawrence District, a single-rein bridle with composition bit, supposed stamp “ J. Law, Maker, Clutha; ” the property of Thomas McDonald ; value £l. Identifiable. A horse and saddle stolen at the same time have been found at Hillend, about four miles from Stirling.

Stolen about the 24th ultimo, from a quarry in Maclaggan Street, Dunedin, two crowbars, one about 4£ft. long, the other about 3ft. long, steeled at both ends ; the property of Henry Brenchley; value ss. each. Identifiable.

(See Police Gazette, 1885, page 196.)

The saddle stolen from the stable of Ah Fon, at Naseby, has been found in the possession of Peter McCarthy, arrested by Constable Hans Peter Rasmussen, Naseby Police, and sentenced to one month’s labour.

A letter posted at Nightcaps, on the sth March last, by Jane Johnston, addressed to the Manager of the Bank of Australasia, Invercargill, has not reached its destination,

and it is believed has been stolen. It contained a cheque for £ls, drawn by William Johnston, jun., on the National Bank, Invercargill, and a £5 note. Another letter posted by William Johnston, at Nightcaps, on the 25th April last, also addressed to the Manager of the Bank of Australasia, Invercargill, has not reached its destination, and it is also believed to have been stolen. It contained a cheque for £8 6s. 4d., drawn by the Wallace County Council; a cheque for £6, and a cheque for £1 155., both drawn by Rowley and Hamilton on a Dunedin Bank ; and sis £1 notes. Cheques identifiable.

Stolen during the night of the 30th ultimo, from the clothes-line of Alexander Clydesdale, Hull Street, Oamaru, two chemises with fancy embroidery on neck and sleeves, a white-flannel petticoat with scarlet wool worked round the bottom, and an infants’ white-flannel petticoat with fancy work in white woollen thread round the bottom; value 18s. Identification doubtful.

Stolen between the 23rd and 28th ultimo, from a shed at the railway-station, Paihi, near Orepuki, a 251 b. bag of coarse salt, and a mat of sugar containing about 601 b., a ticket attached to each with “ From Whittingham Bros, and Instone, Riverton, to Garden Bros., Paihi ” thereon; the property of Garden Brothers ; value £1 ss. Identifiable by tickets.

Stolen on the morning of the 25th ultimo, from off a hording in Sprey Street, Invercargill, a square lantern and a glass lamp-globe; the property of William Gray; value about 15s. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 12th May last, from off a clothes-line at Kaikoura, Marlborough District, a black-paramatta skirt trimmed with velvet; the property of Louisa Close; value £llos. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 24th ultimo, at Kaikoura, Marlborough District, about 11 yards of Kaiapoi tweed, dark-grey colour, value £2 155.; seven or eight felt hats, different colours, value ss. each; three silk pocket-handkerchiefs, coloured, value ss. each; and two cashmere squares, value Is. lOd. each; the property of John Flanagan. Identification doubtful.