Deserters from Her Majesty’s Service.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XII, Issue 13, 20 June 1888, Page 120

Deserters from Her Majesty’s Service.

William Nelson is charged on warrant with deserting from Her Majesty’s ship “Nelson,” at Auckland, on the 29th 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 fore-

finger, 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, 1888, page 85.) John Miller, charged with deserting from Her Majesty’s ship “ Diamond,” has been arrested by the Hobart Municipal Police.