Deserters from Her Majesty’s Service.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XI, Issue 23, 9 November 1887, Page 224

Deserters from Her Majesty’s Service.

Walter C. Hodgson, George Brown, Henry Benjeyfield, and Charles Lyon are charged on warrants with deserting from Her Majesty’s ship “ Nelson,” at Auckland, on the sth January, 1886 ; and Frederick O’Neill is charged on warrant with deserting from the same ship, at Wellington, on the 20th of the same month. Description : Hodgson is a native of Essex, nineteen years of age, sft. Gin. high, fresh complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, American crest on right forearm. Brown is a native of Stratford, England, eighteen years of age, sft. lin. high, ruddy complexion, dark-brown hair, hazel eyes. Benjeyfield is a native of Somerset, England, nineteen } T ears of age, sft. sin. high, fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes, anchor tattooed on left arm. Lyon is a native of Surrey, eighteen years of age, sft. 4in. high, dark complexion, black hair and dark eyes, CL tattooed on right arm and T on left arm. O’Neill is a native of Boston, Lincolnshire, an ordinary-seaman, nineteen years of age, sft. Gin. high, fair complexion, light-brown hair, grey eyes, clasped hands tattooed on back of right hand. A reward of £3 each is offered for their arrest, in addition to £5 reward offered by the Colonial Government. The Government desires special exertions to be made towards effecting the arrest of these men.

George Mathias is charged on warrant with deserting from Her Majesty’s ship “ Nelson,” at Auckland, on the 15th February last, and George Hemming is also charged on warrant with deserting from the same ship, at Wellington, on the 2nd March last. Description : Mathias is a native of Bermondsey, England, eighteen or nineteen years of age, sft. 3in. high, fresh complexion, blue eyes, and auburn hair, scar on bridge of nose. Hemming is a native of Worcester, England, an ordinary-seaman, nineteen years of age, sft. 2Jin. high, ruddy complexion, grey eyes, and dark-brown hair. A reward of £3 each is offered for their arrest, in addition to £5 reward offered by the Colonial Government.

John Miller is charged with deserting, on the 28th July last, from Her Majesty’s ship “Diamond.” Description : A native of Newport, Buckingham, boy first class, eighteen years of age, sft. Of in. high, fair complexion, brown eyes, and dark-brown hair. The place at which he deserted is not stated. A reward of £3 is offered for his arrest, in addition to £5 reward offered by the Colonial Government.