Extract from Victoria Police Gazette.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XI, Issue 17, 17 August 1887, Page 164

Extract from Victoria Police Gazette.

(From Gazette , 1887, page 225.) Inquiry is requested for Allan J. Rankin, who was in Melbourne about four years ago. It is thought he may have afterwards gone to New Zealand. No further particulars supplied. Inquiry is made at the request of his wife, Kate Rankin, who lives in Stephen Street, Adelaide.—o. 5918, 29th July, 1887.

By Authority: George Didsbury Government Printer, Wellington.—lß67.

Name of Person. Name of House. Description of License. Locality. Why cancelled or refused. By whom. George Jenour Elizabeth Reid John Herbert James Capil White Hart Hotel ... Rocky Point Hotel ... Waeranga-akuri Hotel Opawa Hotel Publicans’ license Publicans’ license Accommodation license Publicans’ license Cromwell Rocky Point, near Bendigo Gisborne, Wairoa Road Albury Renewal refused, as the house was conducted in an improper manner during the past year Renewal refused, as the house was conducted in an improper manner during the past year Refused, as the applicant and premises were considered unsuitable License cancelled on the 7th June, 1887, in consequence of the desertion of the premises hy the licensee Cromwell Licensing Committee. Hawea Licensing Committee. Patutahi District Licensing Committee. Mount Cook Licensing Committee.

RETURN OF WINE AND SPIRIT LICENSES CANCELLED, OR APPLICATIONS REFUSED, FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30th JUNE, 1887.

Gaol. Name. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Born. Height Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Mouth. Chin. Remarks and Previous Convictions. Tauranga... William Thomson Rotorua June 24. 1887 N. Zealand groom 1857 ft.in.l 3 8 i fair brown hazel medium medium medium Burn-marks on knees, left thigh, and Shortland... Charles Walter Curtis Thames June 21, 1887 larceny 2t days’ labour N. Zealand billiardi860 S 54 sallow dark brown thick medium medium marker blue medium medium medium right heel. Shortland... Samuel Bell Thames July it, 1887 larceny 7 days’ labour Ireland ... bushman... 1840 5 ici fair 1 brown ... RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM GAOLS DURING THE FORTNIGHT ENDED 6th AUGUST, 1887. Lyttelton ... George Manning Rees Christchurch Oct. 4,1886 4, 1880 manslaughter 12 months’ labour ... Wales printer ... 1845 5 6 pale black brown medium medium medium Anchor tattooed on right arm. Lyttelton ... Richmond Momoa ... Christchurch Oct. cattle-stealing 12 months’ labour ... 12 months’ labour ... N. Zealand labourer ... 1869 S 8 copper black dark br. wide large medium A Maori. Lyttelton ... Matthew Wells Christchurch Oct. 4, 1886 cattle-stealing labourer ... 1868 5 11 dark black brown medium medium broad A quarter-caste Maori. Left leg stiff • brown large medium through injury to knee. Lyttelton ... Jonathan Roberts Christchurch Oct. 4, i88£ forgery 12 months’ labour ... Cornwall... clerk 1861 5 ni fresh brown medium Lyttelton ... Henry James Ford ... Christchurch Feb. 28, 1887 wife-desertion 6 months’ labour ... London ... brickmaker 1852 5 6 fresh dark brown blue small medium medium Lyttelton ... Charles Rowlands Dunedin Jan. 5, 1886 conspiring to cheat... 2 years’ labour London ... enginedriver 1840 S 4 fresh fair blue medium large medium Lyttelton ... Thomas Richens Christchurch Sept. 21, t886 . .arceny 6 months’ labour ... black brown large medium Several previous convictions. Sept. 22, 1886 larceny 6 months’ labour ... (cumulative! 2 months’ labour ... [-Middlesex labourer ... 1851 5 74 fresh large broad large medium Scar on right temple. Lyttelton ... Ah Tin Christchurch June 1, 1887 assault labourer ... 1850 5 4 2, olive black dark br. Lyttelton ... Michael Foggerty Christchurch May 2, 1887 having no visible 3 months’ labour ... Greenock labourer ... 1840 5 4i fresh black grey medium medium medium Spot tattooed on left hand. means of support dark br. medium small small One previous conviction. Lyttelton ... Thomas Williams, alias Christchurch May 2, 1887 having no visible 3 months’ labour ... Brazil ... engineer ... 1866 fresh dark brown Frederick Arthur Williams means of support large medium One previous conviction. Lyttelton ... Frederick L. C. Flint Christchurch July 7, 1887 false pretences 1 month’s labour ... England ... journalist 1830 S 3i fair silvery-white blue medium Lyttelton ... John O’Brien Christchurch July 21, 1887 habitual drunkenness 14 days’labour labourer ... 1837 fresh grey blue medium medium medium Previously convicted. Addington Isabella Leckie Christchurch April 27, 1887 habitual drunkenness 3 months’ labour ... Manchester prostitute 1853 4 10* sandy, freckled sandy grey medium medium medium medium Repeatedly convicted. Repeatedly convicted. Addington Johanna Gallagher ... Christchurch April 28, 1887 habitual drunkenness 3 months’ labour ... prostitute 1844 pale dark brown brown medium medium Addington James Castles Christchurch Oct. 4, 1886 assault with intent to 12 months’ labour ... County farmer 1838 5 11 fresh dark grey ... blue medium small small Has gone to Amuri. commit a felony small small smali Addington I.ucy Cleaver Christchurch May 6, 1887 child-desertion 3 months’ labour ... Kaiapoi ... servant ... 1861 dark dark brown blue Scar over left cheek-bone; 1854 tattooed Tiraaru ... John Carmichael Dunedin July 26, 1887 disobeying an order 14 days’ imprisonScotland... fishmonger 1S54 .5 9 fresh brown ... hazel large medium medium of Court merit in default of on right arm ; and star and anchor on back of right hand. Paid amount. Nelson Helena Pearce ... Lyell April 27, 1S87 damaging property... 3 months’ imprisonIreland ... seamstress 1845 fair grey hazel large medium large Stout build; burn-scars on arms and on ment in default of left leg; scars from sores on neck. paying £4 7s. fine, costs, and damage blue flat medium broad Has gone to Lyell. Greymouth William Brown Greymouth.. June 29, 1887 vagrancy 1 month's labour ... England ... hair-dresser 1838 5 4 fresh red Greymouth James Poland Brunnerton July 18, 1887 vagrancy 14 days’labour Ireland ... labourer ... 1839 5 5 freckled sandy blue medium medium medium Bracelet tattooed on each wrist, and Wellington John Sandiford Blenheim ... April 27. 1887 perjury 3 months’ labour ... England ... labourer ... 1862 5 <-3 fresh brown brown large medium medium jiart of ring on middle finger of left Wellington Samuel Barnes Wellington June 24, 18S7 threatening language 3 months’ imprisonEngland ... labourer ... 1848 S 6 dark dark, turnbrown oblique medium medium Scar on upper lip. ment in default of bail t2 months’ labour ... ing grey Wellington William Marsden Wellington Oct. 4, 1886 larceny England ... cook 1859 S 44 pale dark left eye, brown ; right medium large large Splay-footed. Wellington Charles Hastie Blenheim ... May 28, 1887 larceny 2 months’ labour ... England ... shepherd... 1837 5 61 fair fair eye, It. blue blue large medium medium Bullet-wound on left arm, and bayonetwound on right hip. Has been in the 93rd Highlanders. Sent to lunatic asylum. Wellington Richard Wickham ... Wellington Jan. 5. 1886 larceny 2 years’ labour N. Zealand butcher ... 1868 5 11 fair light brown blue small large medium Two previous convictions. ’ I wo first fingers of right hand have been smashed at points; awkward gait. Wellington William Whisker Palmerston April 29, 1887 breach of Bankruptcy 3 months’ labour ... Ireland ... butcher ... 1835 5 5 4 fair fair blue large large full Anchor tattooed on left arm and hand. North Act with intent to defraud creditors medium medium medium Admitted to bail. Wellington John Prout Masterton ... July 18, 1887 threatening language 3 months’ imprisonment in default of sureties 6 weeks’ labour England ... printer ... 1868 5 81 fresh brown blue Wellington James Armstrong ... Blenheim ... June 18,1887 illegally on premises Ireland ... labourer ... 1836 5 64 fresh brown brown medium medium medium One previous conviction. Scar on left side of chin ; toes crippled ; lame.

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM GAOLS DURING THE FORTNIGHT ENDED 23rd JULY, 1887 -continued from last Gazette.

Gaol. Name. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Born. £ u X Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Mouth. Chin. Remarks and Previous Convictions. Wellington John Anderson ... Wellington July 23,1SS7 assault 3 days' labour _ [■Norway ft. in. light br. wilful damage 7 days’ labour sailor 1851 7 fair fair large medium large Anchor and ring tattooed on right hand, Wellington (concurrent) ) Ireland ... and JAA on left hand. Wellington Thomas Jones, alias July iS, 1887 illegally on premises 14 days’ labour labourer ... 1855 6 2 fresh brown blue medium medi um medium Several previous convictions. Left arm Hogan Wellington 14 days’ labour Ireland ... amputated below elbow. Wellington Honora Setter July iS, 1SS7 soliciting prostitution prostitute 1885 5 3 fresh light brown, hazel medium medium medium Nine previous convictions. Wellington Christina Lawson Wellington April 2, 1887 larceny 4 months’ labour ... Scotland ... prostitute 1858 5 2 fresh dark brown brown PUg large medium Several previous convictions. Pockpitted. Four previous convictions. Blue marks Wellington Thomas Valentine ... Wellington July 13, 1SS7 illegally on premises 21 days’ labour 1 month’s labour England ... England ... messenger 1823 5 4 fair grey blue medium medium medium on forehead; corpulent. Wellington George Pudgwick Wellington July 4, 1887 having no visible groom 1869 s 6i fair fair It. hazel large medium medium means of support England ... Wellington Thomas Temperley ... Wellington July 2i, 1SS7 disturbing a congre14 days’ labour grocer 1857 .5 5 pale dark brown dark br. medium large full One previous conviction. gation assembled for worship 12 months’ labour Wellington Albert Edward Wood Wanganui... Oct. 12,1886 forgery j- England Oct. 27, 1886 larceny 14 days’ labour painter ... 1863 5 10J fresh brown brown large medium medium Left arm has been broken. (concurrent) Wellington James Matthieson Wellington Aug. 1,18S7 stowaway 7 days’ labour N. Zealand clerk 1858 5 sallow brown brown large large full Two previous convictions. Scar on right cheek. Twenty-four previous convictions. Dunedin ... Annie Whitelv Dunedin April 26, 1887 habitual drunkenness 3 months’ labour Scotland ... 185s s 3 fresh brown grey medium medium medium Dunedin ... Elizabeth Frederick ... Dunedin April 26, 1887 insufficient lawful 3 months’ labour England ... 1822 5 3 sallow grey hazel medium large large Seventeen previous convictions. Dunedin means of support 6 months’ labour I nvercargill Dunedin ... Arthur D. Harvey ... Jan. 26, 1887 larceny (2 charges)... seaman ... 186S S 8 sallow brown brown long, thin medium medium H tattooed on right forearm, and BM on left forearm; scar on right arm. 3 months’ labour England ... Dunedin ... George Smith Dunedin April 27, 1887 larceny (2 charges)... labourer ... 1843 6 swarthy light brown blue large medium medium Dunedin ... Fou You Dunedin ... May 27, 1837 keeping a disorderly 2 months’ labour China fish1856 6 brown black dark br. flat large medi um Scar on left side of head and ear. house 3 months’ labour Ireland ... hawker Dunedin ... Eliza Harding Oamaru April 27, 1887 insufficient lawful prostitute 1S44 5 3 fresh grey grey medium medium medium Fifty-two previous convictions. means of support !4 days’ labour England ... Dunedin ... Thomas Hemsley Balclutha ... July 12, 1887 breach of the peace miner 1844 5 9 dark black brown medium medium Dunedin ... Ah You Dunedin July 4, 1887 unlawfully wounding 1 month’s labour China miner 1837 S 7l olive black black flat medium medium Dunedin ... Frank Moscrow, alias Dunedin May 2, 1887 insufficient lawful 3 months labour Invercargill groom 1868 5 9 dark black brown long medium medium Irregular teeth; second and third toes Marisco means of support Ireland ... of right foot joined together. Dunedin ... William Barry Dunedin May 20, 18S7 assault 3 months imprisonsweep 1844 4i fresh brown hazel broken large large Three previous convictions. Scar on ment in default of bridge of nose. Sureties found. Wanganui George Mills Bull’s June 30,1887 false pretences 1 month’s labour Nelson ... labourer ... 1851 5 7i fresh dark brown hazel medium medium Tattoo-marks and burn under left arm. Napier John 1 hompson ... Waipawa ... May 25, 18S7 larceny 2 months’ labour England ... labourer ... 1S41 S 7 dark brown brown medium medium medium Six previous convictions. Scar on right leg. Napier Charles Maloney Woodrille ... Jan. 2i, 1887 disorderly conduct .. assaul ting a constable 3 months’ labour fined .£20, or 3 1 months' labour (concurrent) r New labourer ... 1S66 6 0 fair brown grey medium medium medium Three previous convictions. assaulting a constable fined £20, or 3* Zealand Napier months' labour (cumulative) J Napier Thomas Long April 28,1S87 obscenelanguageand 3 months’ labour Oil Ireland ... labourer ... 1851 5 9 fresh sandy grey medium medium medium Thirty previous convictions. Crucifix resisting police each charge (conand anchor tattooed on left arm. current) 3 months’ labour Napier William Miller, alias Napier April 28, 1887 obscene language ... Ireland ... labourer ... 1837 5 8 fresh grey grey medium medium medium Seven previous convictions. Moylan Napier Ambrose Wickins Gisborne ... Dec. 13,1886 unlawfully wounding 9 months’ labour England ... labourer ... i85i 3i fair brown blue medium medium medium Pockpitted. Napier Jacob fomshack Gisborne ... Dec. 13, rS36 unlawfully wounding 9 months’ labour Poland ... labourer ... 1836 6 fair brown blue Scar from kick on left leg. Napier Ruka Tereto Gisborne ... Dec. 13, 1886 forgery and uttering 9 months’ labour N. Zealand labourer ... 1862 .s £l copper black brown 1 tattooed on left wrist ; deaf. Napier William Harlin, alia i Napier June 29, 1887 larceny 1 month’s labour 1 relaud ... shoemaker 1825 5 8 fresh brown, turnhazel medium medium medium Bald on top of head. Lewis Dunedin 2 years’ labour ing grey Napier, ... Wiliiam Tracy, alias Wilson Edward Brighouse ... Jan. s, 1 836 conspiring to cheat England ... cook iS.54 5 9 fresh dark brown brown large medium medium Irregular te th. Napier Napier July 18, 1887 illegally on premises 7 days’ labour England ... cook 1841 s 6 fair brown grey medium medium medium Two previous convictions. Napier Joseph Leatnam Napier July 7, 1887 breach of the peace... lined £4 and costs, or Ireland ... baker 1842 5 S fresh brown brown medium medium One previous conviction. i months labour ~ ' Napier Thomas Hogan Napier June 27, 1887 insulting behaviour obscene language ... assaulting a constable 14 days’ labour 14 days’ labour 14 days’ labour (cumulative ) 7 days’ labour ... sailor 1864 5 3i dark dark brown grey medium medium medium Napier Charles Nelson Napier Aug. 1,1887 obscene language ... Belgium .. labourer ... 1857 3 fair light brown grey medium medium Star tattooed on left shoulder. Napier William Galbraith ... Napier Aug. s, 1887 stealing from a wreck acquitted at Supreme Scotland ... sailor 1840 .5 5 fresh brown, turnbrown medium medium medium Scar on both thumbs. Napier John McMurthy Napier Aug. s, 1SS7 stealing from a wreck Court acquitted at Supreme Court Ireland ... labourer ... 1846 s a fresh ing grey brown grey medium medium medium

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

Gaol. Name. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Born. a to C Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Mouth. Chin. Remarks and Previous Convictions. Napier George Sullivan Napier Aug. 5, 1SS7 stealing from a wreck acquitted at Supreme Ireland ... sailor 1839 ft. in. 5 6* dark dark brown brown medium medium medium Impediment in speech. Napier John Donovan Napier Aug. 2, 1887 forgery acquitted at Supreme Ireland ... baker 1861 S 7l fair brown grey medium medium medium Napier Elizabeth Stafford, Napier July 2t, 1887 obscene language ... 7 days’ labour Australia... prostitute 1849 S 7 fair brown grey medium medium medium Twelve previous convictions. alias Eddie blue medium medium Auckland... Michael Tierney Auckland ... June Oct. 27, 1887 illegally on premises 1 month’s labour ... Ireland ... labourer ... 1837 S 53 swarthy dark brown medium Four previous convictions. Blind of left eye; sraron forehead. Auckland... George Harcourt Auckland ... 4, 1886 embezzlement 12 months’ labour ... 12 months’ labour on 3 rmine 3 fresh black, turnblue large large large fraudulent misappro(England ) manager (1844 5 10 Large features; very- stout; mole on priation (3 charges) each charge tconf ) and acf ing grey right shoulder; acid marks on right cheek; sight defective. current) J k countant J dark brown brown long broad lames Milne Auckland ... Oct. 4, 1886 28, 1887 larceny 12 months’ labour ... Scotland ... labourer ... 1850 5 Si sallow large 1 en previous convictions. Auckland... John Warneford, alias Kawakawa.. June having no visible 1 month’s labour ... England ... 1819 5 81 sallow grey blue medium medium medium Four previous convictions. VVarburton means of support large large medium Auckland... James Warren Auckland ... July 25. >887 fraudulent bank1 month’s labour ... England ... labourer ... 1834 Si sallow black, turngrey Crucifix tattooed on left upper arm ; Highlander and sailor holding cutlass ruptcy ing grey on left forearm; bracelet on each wrist; Scotchman and flag on right upper arm; SL on right forearm; • large medium mole on throat. Discharged by special remission of sentence. Auckland... George Cassell ... Auckland ... July I f 1887 larceny 1 month’s labour ... England ... gumdigger 1854 s 5 dark black dk.grey medium American coat-of-arms and crucifix tattooed on left forearm; bracelet on each wrist; star on back of left hand; ring on left middle finger; woman, American flag, monument under weep- ' ■ ing willow, sailor, and girl on right forearm ; anchor below right thumb. Auckland... Joseph Mannox Auckland ... July 23, 1887 making a false declacommitted for trial... England ... fisherman 1843 5 3 fresh light brown hazel medium medium medium Eight previous convictions. Admitted medium medium to bail. Elizabeth Bickerton ... Auckland ... Feb. 25. 1887 larceny 6 months’ labour ... Scotland ... 1854 5 oi swarthv black brown medium Four previous convictions. Auckland... Charles Plonings or Te Aroha ... July 20, 1887 false pretences 14 days’ labour Germany... upholsterer 1832 5 2 i sallow grey brown broad large medium 1 hree previous convictions. Scar on Plomings right shoulder-blade; marks of cupping on breast. Auckland... George Kenny ... TeAroha ... May 3, 1887 inciting a prisoner to 2 months’ labour ... 'I labourer ... fresh light brown It. hazel drooped medium medium Bald on top of head. resist and assaulti Nova 1856 4l ing police assaulting and resist1 month’s labour ... V Scotia J ing police (cumulative) brown medium medium medium Twelve previous convictions. Sophia Burke Auckland ... May 6, 1887 habitual drunkenness 3 months’ labour ... Australia.. 1859 5 0 swarthy black Auckland... George Turner Auckland ... May 7, 1887 begging 3 months’ labour ... N. Zealand labourer ... >851 5 2i swarthy dark brown dk.grey large, large medium Two previous convictions. \ ery bad bottle medium teeth; deaf. Auckland... John Bell ... Auckland ... Aug. 5, 1887 arson committed for trial... France ... gumdigger I84.I s 3l fresh black dark br. medium medium Sailor, female, and American flag tattooed on right upper arm; American flag and J. BELL on right forearm ; American coat-of-arms and three stars on left forearm; slightly bald on top of bead; top oft second finger of left hand; four scars on left leg. Admitted to bail. Mark of sore on right side of forehead; 1 awrence... Thomas McNair Balclutha ... July I, 1887 vagrancy assault 14 days’ labour 14 days’ labour j, Scotland labourer ... 1853 5 ui sallow brown grey brown long medium small J scar on third finger of right hand; teeth irregular and decayed;. Sent to lunatic asylum. (cumulative) 1 medium medium . '• medium Thomas Smith Roxburgh ... July 15, 1887 larceny 14 days’ labour England ... labourer ... 1841 5 3i sallow black Hugh Boyle Clinton July 19, 1887 damaging property... 14 days’ labour Ireland ... labourer ... 1854 5 1* florid brown grey medium small medium Mark of cut on right wrist. Lawrence... Elizabeth Warren Lawrence ... Aug. 1, 1887 false pretences convicted and disEngland ... music1831 5 2 fresh light brown brown flat medium small Scar on both wrists; some front teeth charged 12 months’ imprisonteacher large, medium medium out. Invercargill Walter Wallace ... Invercargill July 31, 1886 threatening language England ... bricklayer >8.57 s 9 sandy fair blue Scar on right eyebrow and left temple; ment in default of broken mark of cut on third finger of right broad, medium medium hand. Invercargill James White ... Gore June 27,1887 insufficient lawful 1 month’s labour ... Ireland ... ploughman 1847 5 10 sandy dark brown grey Seven previous convictions. Large scar means of support : Hat, on right temple, eyebrow, and cheek. Invercargill Henry McGill Invercargill July 25, 1887 resisting police fined £\ and costs, or Melbourne miller 1850 5 63 dark, dark brown hazel medium medium medium Two previous convictions. Blue steel7 days’ labour 1 month’s labour ... swarthy medium medium marks on both hands. Oamaru ... James Allen ... Oamaru July 8, 1887 vagrancy Scotland... cook 1818 5 10 fresh brown, turngrey medium Repeatedly convicted. Large bushy eyeing grey brows.

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