Deserters from Her Majesty’s Service.
William Nelson is charged on warrant with deserting from Her Majesty’s ship “ Nelson,” at Auckland, on the 29tlr December last. Description : A native of St. Olaves, Surrey, England, an ordinary-seaman, twenty years of age, sft. 4Jin. high, brown hair, grey eyes, ruddy complexion. A reward of £3 is offered for his arrest, in addition to £5 reward offered by the Colonial Government.
Henry S. C. Jackson is charged with deserting from Her Majesty’s ship “ Opal,” at Auckland, on the 17th February last. Description: A native of Saintfield, County Down, Ireland, an ordinary-seaman, nineteen years of age, sft. 9in. high, fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, scar on left forefinger, tattoo-marks on both hands. A reward of £3 is offered for his arrest, in addition to £5 reward offered by the Colonial Government.
James Bailey is charged on warrant with deserting from Her Majesty’s ship “Nelson,” at Auckland, on the 14th March last. Description: A native of Edgbaston, Birmingham, an ordinary-seaman, nineteen years of age, sft. 3in. high, fresh complexion, brown hair and eyes, bracelet tattooed on right forearm. A reward of £3 is offered for his arrest, in addition to £5 reward offered by the Colonial Government.
(See Police Gazette , 1887, pages 54, 62, 72, 84, 94, 102, 115, 120, 134, 143, 154, 162, 172, 184, 192, 206, 213, 224, 234, 242, and 250.) George Hemming, charged with deserting from Her Majesty’s ship “Nelson,” at Wellington, has been arrested by Constable Patrick L. Harnett, Lower Ilutt Police.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZPG18880606.2.10
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XII, Issue 12, 6 June 1888, Page 109
Word Count
252Deserters from Her Majesty’s Service. New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XII, Issue 12, 6 June 1888, Page 109
Using This Item
NOTE this publication contains descriptions of crimes and photographs of deceased people.
The New Zealand Police Gazette from 1877-1944 is out of copyright.
The New Zealand Police Gazette for 1945 is still in copyright. You can reproduce in-copyright material from these issues for non-commercial use only under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence. If you wish to use material from the Police Gazette for commercial purposes please contact Archives New Zealand.
For further advice on copyright please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in