Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XI, Issue 6, 16 March 1887, Page 55

Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

(From Gazette, 1887, pages 303 and 336.) Inspectors of Weights and Measures, Counties of Ashley and Selwyn, District of Timaru, and County of Ashburton, Ac., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 22nd February, 1887. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable John Kennedy

an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under “ The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” and the Acts amending the same, for the Counties of Ashley and Selwyn, and for the Boroughs of Christchurch, Sydenham, St. Albans, Lyttelton, Kaiapoi, and Rangiora; and also to appoint Sergeant Thomas Livingstone an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under the said Acts, for the District of Timaru and for the County of Ashburton and Borough of Ashburton. P. A. BUCKLEY.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Hawke’s Bay, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 2nd March, 1887. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Sergeant John Cullen

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under “ The Weights and Measures Act, 1867,” and the Acts amending the same, for the Counties of Hawke’s Bay, Waipawa, Patangata, and Wairoa, and the Boroughs of Napier and Hastings, vice Sergeant O’Grady, transferred. P. A. BUCKLEY.

By Authority; George Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.-1887.

Gaol. Name. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. jBorn : Height. Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Mouth. Chin. Remarks and Previous Convictions. Addington Alfred Matthews Christchurch Feb. 22, 1887 larceny 7 days’ labour London ... seaman ... 1SC9 ft. in. S 4i dark light brown dk. grey thin medium small Birth mark near navel and on centre of back. Repeatedly convicted. Addington Isabella l.eckie Christchurch Waimate ... Feb. 3, 1887 habitual drunkenness 1 month’s labour ... Manchester prostitute 1S53 4 icl sandy, freckled sandy grey medium medium medium Timaru David Cain Jan. 20, 1887 obscene language ... 1 month’s labour ... ) drunk while in charge fined £3 and costs, or Mreland ... labourer ... 1844 5 5 dark dark grey medium large medium Left knee has been broken; left little Timaru of horses 14 days labour J Timaru ... Catherine Stevenson... Nov. 29, t88G hating no lawful 3 months’ labour ... Ireland ... married /. 1854 5 2 fresh fair grey straight medium medium Two previous convictions. Timaru means of support Timaru ... Timaru ... John O’Brien, Bryan William Collins, Aubray John Gibson alias Feb. 15,1S87 obscene language ... illegally on premises 7 days’ labour Ireland ... labourer ... 1836 5 8 fresh grey blue medium medium medium Two previous convictions. Bracelets tattooed on both wrists, and British coat-of-arms on right arm. Three previous convictions. Timaru alias Feb. 26, 1887 7 days’labour England ... labourer ... 1841 5 7 fresh dark grey medium medium medium Timaru ... Timaru Feb. 28, 1887 wilful damage to property _ threatening language 7 days’ labour Ireland ... farmer ... 1S32 5 Hi fresh dark brown large medium medium One upper front tooth out. Nelson Peter Curran Nelson Feb. 23, 1887 3 months’ imprisonIreland ... sailor 1S30 s 3 fresh black It. hazel straight medium medium Two previous convictions. PC tattooed ment in default of on back of right hand; scar on left Mount Cook Wi Hunia, alia ; nare Pohatu, HeGisborne ... horse-stealing (3 bail Dec. 8, 1884 3 years’ penal serviN. Zealand labourer ... 1 863 5 sl copper black brown medium medium medium Has gone to Napier. alias charges) tude on each charge Henare Hori (concurrent) Napier Stephen Larkins Hastings .. Jan. 21, 1S87 inciting a person to 1 month’s labour ... Ireland ... labourer ... 1836 .s 0 fair brown blue medium medium medium One previous conviction. One upper Peter McAlpine Hastings ... resist police, &c. front tooth out. Napier Jan. 21, 1887 resisting police 1 month’s labour in default of paying j£s and costs Scotland ... carpenter 1827 5 8 fair dark brown grey broken large medium Napier William Miller, alias Woodvilie ... Nov. 2.3, isse obscene language ... 3 months’ labour ... Ireland ... labourer ... 1836 :> S fresh grey grey medium medium medium Five previous convictions. Moylan Waipawa ... Napier Flora Somers Nov. 24,1886 larceny 3 months’ labour ... Scotland ... cook 1S23 5 3 pale brown, turngrey medium medium medium Twelve previous convictions. Napier Martin Moylan Porangahau Feb. 4,1887 illegally on premises 21 days’labour Ireland ... labourer ... 1853 5 8 dark ing grey light hr. medium medium One previous conviction. Napier Percy Huntley Woodvilie ... 1 fee. 28, 1SS6 disorderly conduct 2 months’ labour on England ... labourer ... 1849 I I i fair brown blue medium medium medium Coat-of-arms tattooed on l ight arm. Napier Thomas Rice Napier and assaulting a constable each charge (concurrent) 6 months’ probation Feb. 22, I8S7 22, lS86 larc.ny Ireland ... plumber ... 1844 S 9 fresh blue medium medium medium Bald on top of head. Auckland ... John Stewart Auckland ... Nov. resisting police 3 months’ labour ... 2 months’ labour ... Scotland ... labourer ... 1851 10 fresh light brown blue crooked medium medium Four previous convictions. Auckland ... Jeremiah Driscoll Auckland ... Nov. 22, 1886 assault J obscene language ... 1 month’s labour ... 1-New labourer ... 1S67 5 si sallow light br. medium medium medium Four previous convictions. Walter Freestone Auckland ... (cumulative) J Zealand Auckland... Nov. 22, 1886 inciting a prisoner to 3 months’ labour England ... labourer ... 1S66 •S Si fair dark brown hazel flat large broad Five previous convictions. resist police Auckland... John Leonard Papakura ... Feb. 8, 1887 obscene language ... 14 days’ labour England ... labourer ... 1833 5 3 swarthy brown crooked medium medium Sixtv-eight previous convictions. Auckland... l homas Knowles Papakura ... I* el). 8, 1887 obscene language ... 14 days’labour England ... labourer ... 1821 5 6 sallow grey medium medium Six previous convictions. Auckland... Walter Stubbs Cambridge.. beb. 9. 1887 injury to property ... 14 days’ labour Ii eland ... farmlabourer journalist 1830 5 8 swarthy black, turnblue long medium medium Large scar across breast. Auckland... Arthur Morton, alias Auckland ... July 3, 1886 false pretences 9 months’ labour ... America ... 1857 8 sallow ing grey grey prominent large square Two previous convictions. Large scar Billings Auckland ... under right side of chin. Auckland ... Mohi te Kati April 5, 1886 burglary 12 months’ labour ... J medium J One previous conviction. NGAVVHE escaping from cus1 month’s labour ... (New bushman ... 1853 5 ti copper black dark br. broad large tattooed across breast, and cross on Joseph Winter tody (cumulative) C Zealand l right wrist; hole pierced in ears. Has gone to Ohmemutu. Auckland ... Auckland ... Feb. 14, 1887 assault 14 day's’labour Scotland ... seaman ... 1867 4± fresh blue full medium Auckland ... Robert Johnstone Auckland ... Nov. 30, 1886 larceny 3 months’ labour 3 months’ labour ... N. Zealand rope-worker 1871 4 8i fair light brown grey small medium medium Seven previous convictions. Auckland ... James Pollock Auckland ... Dec. 2, iSS6 habitual drunkenness N. Zealand butcher ... 1859 5 84 f resh It. hazel long medium large narrow Auckland... George Paveral, alias i hames Feb. and 2, false pretences (2 : month’s labour on England ... labourer ... 1858 5 4* dark black brown medium medium One previous conviction. Gristle of Darrell Auckland ... 1887 charges) each charge (concurrent ) 7 days’labour muscle of each arm shining through skin. Auckland ... hmma \Y hcatcroft ... Feb. 23, 1887 5, 1887 larceny England ... 1S38 5 3 ruddy grey medium medium medium Four previous convictions. Auckland ... Patrick Dunn Auckland ... !■ eb. larceny 1 month’s labour ... Ireland ... labourer ... 1834 1805 .5 8 swarthy blue medium medium medium Wanganui Arthur Booth, alias Marton ..\ Nov. 20, 1886 larceny 3 months’ labour ... Wanganui actor 5 8 sallow black dk. blue large large medium 1 wo previous convictions. Woman and Johnston, alias tiercross tattooed on left arm; mole on man Wanganui ... l ight cheek ; scar on left knee. Wanganui Margaret Shearer alias Dec. 14,1886 habitual drunkenness 2 months’ labour ... Scotland ... housekeeper 1837 1861 4 Hi fresh brown blue Roman med; um medium Repeatedly convicted. Wanganui George Harrison, Palmerston Dec. 18,1886 obscene language ... 2 months’ labour ... Tasmania labourer ... 5 ci fresh brown blue large medium medium Star and anchors tattooed on left arm ; Wilson N orth mark of cut on left forefinger, on left shoulder, and back of head ; two fin- ■ Wanganui Palmerston gers of right hand have been broken. James George Symons Jan. 27,1887 fraudulent bank14 days’ imprisonment Turakina butcher ... 1S62 6 ci fair light brown blue medium medium medium Scar on back of neck; mark of cut on Wanganui Frederick Lyness North Jan. ruptcy right leg and right thumb. Wanganui ... 31,1887 having no lawful 1 month’s labour ... Ireland ... labourer ... 1846 S 5 fresh brown, turnblue medium medium medium Repeatedly convicted. means of support mg grey

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM GAOLS DURING THE FORTNIGHT ENDED sth MARCH, 1887.

Gaol. Name. Where tried. When. Offence. Native of Trade. Born. r? r Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Mouth. Chin. Remarks and Previous Convictions. Wanganui Stephen Brighting, Wanganui ... Feb. .1, 1887 illegally on premises 30 days’ labour ft in. Two previous convictions. Scar near alius \\ illiarn Brightassault 30 days’ labour J-Christ-labourer ... 1861 5 0 fresh brown brown large large medium Wanganui in g (concurrent) ) church left eye. Evelyn Smith Wanganui.. Feb. n, 1887 being a common pro14 days’ labour Guernsey prostitute 1861 54 dark dark brown It. blue medium medium medium Birth-mark under left arm; v aricose stitute and behaving in a riotous veins in right leg. Wanganui Wirihana Ngakiri Wanganui ... Feb. 15. 1887 larceny 14 days’ labour N. Zealand labourer ... 1832 .3 lol copper black brown large, flat large bearded WIRIHAN P1RHI, ship, star, and Ngakiri Okeroa four crosses tattooed on right arm; crossed flags on left arm ; L on back of hand, and two rings on fingers of left hand. Wanganui Wanganui ... Feb. 15, 1887 larceny 14 days’ labour N. Zealand labourer ... 1852 s 64 copper black brown large, flat medium medium Wart on right side of nose; right little finger deformed. William Johnson Wanganui Marton Feb. 16, 1887 threatening language 2 day's’ labour ) j- America resisting a constable 7 days’ labour labourer ... 1853 s 74 copper black brown large large medium A negro. Cut-marks on forehead and Wanganui Thomas Murray Marton (concurrent) back of head. Feb. 25, 1887 injury to property ... 7 days’ labour England ... shoemaker 1823 4 10 fresh grey grey broken medium medium Six previous convictions. Wellington William Richardson... \\ ellington Nov. 22,188O larceny 3 months’ labour England ... carpenter 1839 s 8i fresh brown grey prominent medium medium Two previous convictions. gWR conChristina Lawson Wellington joined tattooed on left upper arm. Wellington Feb. 9, 18S7 obscene language ... 14 days’ labour Scotland... prostitute I858 s 2 fresh dark brown brown pug large medium Several previous convictions. Pockpitted. Two previous convictions. Wellington Frances Curry Wellington Nov. 26, 1886 iarceny 3 month’s labour England ... prostitute 1836 s 3 fresh black blue long, medium large Hannah Morris Wellington Wellington Feb. 9. 1SS7 obscene language ... 14 davs’ labour Ireland ... prostitute 1838 4 II fresh sandy-brow n blue long, pug large round Scar near right eve. Wellington James Milton, alias Blenheim ... Dec. 1, 188O having no visible 3 months’ labour I ndia surveyor ... 1831 s 2 swarthy dark medium medium Several previous convictions. Scars Wilson, alias Kurshuer means of support . on right shoulder, elbows, arms, left breast, and collar-bone. Wellington William McIntosh ... Wellington Feb. j.1887 threatening language 1 month’s imprisonment in default of Scotland... bootmaker I836 5 5 dark dark hazel large large medium Pockpitted. Wellington James Andrew Haxton Grevmouth... Feb. 23. 1887 cruelty to a horse ... 10 days’ labour England ... sawyer ... 1S31 24 sallow light brown It. hazel medium medium medium Three previous convictions. Wellington Xhomas Knott Wellington 1" eb. 7. 1887 committing a grossly' 1 month's labour England ... fireman ... 1852 34 dark brown brown medium medium medium Star tattooed on left hand; half of left Ashburton James McNeil SimpAshburton ... indecent act forefinger off. Feb. 4. 1887 having no visible 1 month’s labour Scotland... butcher ... 1845 64 fair dark blue medium medium medium Repeatedly convicted. Lawrence... son Tapanui means of support Andrew Gibson Jan. 3. 1887 obscene language ... 2 months’ labour Scotland... labourer ... 1S62 s 7l fresh brown grey aquiline medium medium Mark of cut on outside corner of left Lawrence... Thomas Musker Tapanui eye and on back of right hand. Feb. 21, 1887 obscene language ... 14 days’ labour England ... labourer ... 1854 74 fresh brown long medium Mark of burn on right forearm. Dunedin ... Emily Mense Dunedin Feb. 7, 1887 disorderly behaviour 14 days’ labour Tasmania married ... 1861 5 3 dark dark brown brown medium medium Dunedin ... 1* ranees Riciiens Dunedin 1' eb. 7, 18S7 disorderly behaviour 14 days’ labour Victoria ... married ... 1847 5 3 fresh brown brow'll medium Dunedin ... Ellen Barry Dunedin Nov. 23, 18S0 obscene language ... 3 months’ labour Ireland ... prostitute 1847 3 1 sallow grey hazel medium medium large 'I wenty-four previous convictions. Dunedin ... Bridget Kane Dunedin Nov. 17, 1S86 habitual drunkenness 3 months’ labour Ireland ... prostitute 1841 5 fresh grey hazel medium medium medium One hundred and thirty-one previous Maud Hamilton convictions. Dunedin ... Dunedin Feb. 1, 1887 insufficient lawful 1 month’s labour England ... prostitute 1S57 4 10 fresh brown grey medium medium medium Seven previous convictions. Dunedin ... Mary Rennie Dunedin means of support Mar. 1, 1887 damaging property... 7 days’ labour Melbourne married .. 1S61 s 3 fair red blue medium Dunedin ... Thomas turner Dunedin b eb. 23, 1887 larceny 7 days’ labour N. Zealand 1872 5 4 tresh brown hazel medium Dunedin ... William Rennie Dunedin Feb. 5. 1887 larceny 1 month's labour Scotland ... labourer ... 1857 5 4 fresh light brown brow'ii medium medium medium WR tattooed on right arm; several Susan Chapman Dunedin scars on right side of neck, and scar on right shin. Dunedin ... Feb. 18, 18S7 abusive and threatening language larceny' (2 charges).., 7 days’ labour Scotland ... widow 1834 5 4 fresh dark brow’n brown medium medium medium Scar on upper lip. Lyttelton ... Frederick Cooper Christchurch Oct. 31. 1883 12 months’ labour ... ) ! Staffordfalse pretences 6 months’ labour labourer ... 1S47 5 $3 fresh black dark br. medium medium medium Four previous convictions. Lyttelton ... Henry Harding Dunedin (cumulative) Nov. 23, 1SS6 obscene language ... 3 months' labour VVest 1 ndies seaman ... 1838 5 34 copper black, woolly brown dark br. flat medium broad Previously convicted. Lyttelton ... Richard Leaver Christchurch Christchurch Sept. 17, 1S86 larceny 6 months’ labour Isleof Man tailor 5 4 fresh blue large large narrow Right arm has been broken; burn-scar on right thigh. Lyttelton ... Hugh Reid Aug. 24, 1SS6 exposing his person 3 months’ labour j Glasgow larceny 3 months’ labour commission 1833 6 fresh grey brown medium medium medium Two previous convictions. Lyttelton ... Richard Bryant, alias Christchurch (cumulative) 3 months’ labour Nov. 25, 1886 larceny Middlesex labourer .. 1S41 s 7 dark dark grey-... dark br. large medium full Two or three front teeth cut. George Brown Henry Hogwood Christchurch Lyttelton ... Jan. 26, 1887 larceny 1 month’s labour Chatham... cook 1853 lSs6 - 3 fresh dark hazel small Ruptured on left side. Lyttelton ... Benjamin Cook Lyttelton ... Feb. 14, 1887 larceny 14 days’ labour London ... 5 8 fresh dark long small Marks of sores all over body. Lyttelton ... John McDonald Lyttelton ... Feb. 4, 18S7 begging 1 month’s labour Canada ... labourer ... 1852 5 8 dark black medium Lyttelton ... William Sharp Ashburton ... Sept. 24, 1886 larceny (4 charges)... 6 months’ labour Aberdeen carpenter 1819 s cil fresh grey medium medium Bald. Lyttelton ... David A. Crawford ... Christchurch Sept. 2i, 1880 illegally on premises 6 months’ labour Glasgow ... clerk 1850 3 64 fresh dark brown dark br. medium medium Invercargill Margaret Spiers Invercargill Jau. 28, 1887 having no visible 1 month’s imprisonAustralia... prostitute 1861 5 34 fresh dark brown dark br. medium medium medium One previous conviction. Mark of cut means of support ment on bridge of nose.

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED, ETC. — continued.

Gaol. Name. Where tried, j When. Offence. Sentence. ! Native of j Trade. Born. H eight. Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Mouth. Chin. 1 Remarks and Previous Convictions. 1 nvercargill -fokitika ... Mary Russell Theresa Torrens Waikaia ... Hokitika .. Jan. 18, 18S7 Nov. 25, 1886 indecent language ... assault habitual drunkenness 1 month’s labour ... 14 days’labpur _ ... 3 months’ imprisonment J. Ireland ... Tasmania married ... matron ... 1840 :8 5 0 ft. in. 5 U 4 ici dark fair brown fair dk. blue grey medium long medium large and thick lips medium medium Scar over right eye; left little finger crooked. Several previous convictions. Sharp features; upper front teeth prominent ; scar over right eyebrow.

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED, ETC. — continued.