Housebreaking, Stealing from the Person and from Dwellings.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XIII, Issue 5, 27 February 1889, Page 38

Housebreaking, Stealing from the Person and from Dwellings.

Thomas Mulvaney is charged, on warrant issued by the Auckland Bench, with breaking into the dwelling of Bridget Mooney, Swanston Street, Auckland, on the 4th ultimo, and stealing a ladies’ grey ulster, since recovered. Description : Irish, a gum-digger, between fifty and fifty-five years of age, sft. 7£in. high, swarthy complexion, hazel eyes, red hair, large mouth, broad chin, scar on right cheek and on right eyebrow, blue dot over left eye, gunshot wound at left heel, marks of corporal punishment on back, partly bald ; wore old shabby grey clothes. He is an old offender. (See Police Gazette, 1887, page 122.) He is supposed to have gone to the gumfields.

Edward John St. Edmonds is charged, on warrant issued by the Wanganui Bench, with stealing, on the 17th or 18th ultimo, in the St. John Hotel, Wanganui, a £1 note, two sovereigns, and ss. in silver; the property of Edward Hackett. Description: English, about twenty-six or twentyeight years of age, about sft. 4in. high, slight build, round features, brown hair, small sandy brown moustache and small side whiskers, otherwise clean-shaved, delicate appearance, very white hands ; said he was suffering from heart disease ; wore reddish-coloured-tweed paget-coat, light-tweed trousers, and light-tweed cap with peak of same material, sometimes wears a pepper-and-salt-coloured overcoat; carries a walking-stick. He had been staying at the hotel, but he left there on the 18th ultimo, and it is not known where he has gone. He had previously stayed at several other hotels in Wanganui, and left them without paying for his board and lodging.

John Duncan, alias Henry Brown, is charged, on warrant issued by the Christchurch Bench, with stealing, on the 6bh instant, from the person of Elizabeth Ferrens, at North Belt, Christchurch, a gold ring with pearl, value 10s., since recovered. Description: Scotch, a shepherd, fifty-three years of age, sft. 4in. high, stout build, pale complexion, small grey eyes, small thin nose, pointed chin, grey hair, and full beard whiskers and moustache; wore a greyish faded coat, no vest, and old tweed hat. (See Police Gazette , 1886, page 6.)

(See Police Gazette, 1889, page 28.)

William Judd, charged on warrant with stealing a pair of trousers and a hat from the dwelling of Joseph Henry Delvin, at Palmerston North, has been arrested by Constable Frank Schulz, Herbertville Police, and sentenced to fourteen days’ labour. The trousers and hat have been recovered.

Stolen on the 13th or 14th instant, in the Kopu Hotel, Kopu, Thames, three £5 notes; the property of Charles White.

Stolen on the 28th ultimo, from the person of Thomas Lake, at Upper Kyeburn, Lake District, fourteen £1 notes.

Stolen between 8 a.m. on the 18th and 8 a.m. on the 22nd instant, from a box in the Grand Hotel, Dunedin, a gold brooch about the size of a half-crown piece, set with a number of small diamonds in the form of a star with an emerald in the centre, one diamond missing, a gold loop at back so that ;it can be worn as a locket, and a pair of small gold earrings to match, value £7O; a gentleman’s single-stone diamond ring in claw setting, value £SO; and fifty sovereigns ; the property of Mrs. Frederick Rowe. Jewellery identifiable.

Stolen on the 7th instant, from a till in the shop of Thomas Duck, Pirie Street, Wellington, two £1 notes.

Stolen on the 30th ultimo, in the Ferry Hotel, Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, a large English silver open-faced lever watch, about half worn, No. 7910, maker’s name not known, “ Patent lever ” on dial, a small dent in case at back, and a silver chain with snaffle-bit in centre, small-link pattern; the property of William Thomson; value £6 15s. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 26th or 27th ultimo, from a bedroom in the Criterion Hotel, Naseby, a £1 note on the Bank of New South Wales, and a half-crown ; the property of Bertie Messent.

Stolen on the 25th ultimo, from a bedroom in the Empire Hotel, Masterton, a gold open-faced English lever watch, maker’s name not known, No. 20000, inner case very much scratched through being opened with a knife; the property of William Carr ; value £5. Identifiable. Suspicion attached to Robert Thompson and William Thompson, who were staying in the hotel at the time, and had access to complainant’s bedroom. Description: First, is supposed a native of the colony, a quarter-caste negro, a jockey, about twenty-three years of age, about sft. 4in. high, slight active build, dark complexion, dark hair, clean-shaved except small dark moustache. He left Masterton on the 25th ultimo, to attend the athletic sports at Napier, and it is thought that he may have disposed of the watch there or on his way thither. Second, is a native of the colony, a quarter-caste negro, a stable-boy, fifteen years of age, about 4ft. Bin. high, stout build, dark complexion and hair. Both are at present in Masterton.

Stolen between 8 p.m. on the 12th and 8 p.m. on the 14th instant, from a box in the Canterbury Hotel, Lyttelton, six £1 notes ; the property of Frederick Ellis. Suspicion attached to Alexander Anderson, who slept in the room in which the box was kept. (For his description, &c., see Police Gazette, 1880, page 176, and 1886, page 74.)

On the night of the Bth ultimo the store of Richard C. Smith, Matakohe, Kaipara, was broken into, and a mat of white sugar, containing about 601 b., stolen; mat marked R.C.S. ; value 18s. Maoris suspected.

Stolen on the 12th or 13th instant, from the dwelling of Hugh Campbell, Poukawa, Hawke’s Bay, four small deskkeys, from lin. to 2Jin. long, tied together with a piece of tape, and about Bs. in silver. Kej's identifiable.

Stolen on the 13th instant, from the person of Christopher Ryau, at the Pelorus races, Havelock, a gold breast-pin set with about seven round diamonds and a blue sapphire in centre ; the head can be screwed off the pin and used as a shirt-stud ; value £lO. Identifiable.

Stolen between 8 a.m. on the 9th and 11 a.m. on the 13th instant, from the shop of Ellen Robertson, Hobson Street, Auckland, 16 j 7 ards of buff print with a dotted black stripe through the material; value 10s. Identifiable.

(See Police Gazette, 1889, page 18.)

Stealing a w'atch from the person of James Carson, at Totara, near Oamaru : William Edwards has been arrested for this offence by Constable Robert William Lemm, Oamaru Police, and committed for trial. The watch has been recovered.

(See Police Gazette, 18S9, page 18.)

The number of the silver watch stolen from the dwelling of Murdoch McKay, Black Hills, near Hurunui, is 51201. Nos. 19627 and 19922 are scratched on the inside of back case.

Stolen on the sth instant, from a tent at Sumner, near Christchurch, an open-faced English silver lever watch, about forty years in use, No. 3690, “ Dalkeith ” written on inside of case, value £2; attached was a black-silk ribbonguard with cornelian seal set in gold, CB engraved on seal, value £1; the property of C. W. Bridge. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 2nd or 3rd instant, from the person of Francis Conner, in his dwelling, at Clyde Road, near Cromwell, three £5 notes on the Colonial Bank of New Zealand.

(See Police Gazette, 1889, page 10.)

The watch and chain, the property of John Oliver, reported stolen from a dwelling at Earnscleugh woolshed, Lake District, have been recovered ; not stolen.

Between 8 p.m. on the 13th and 8.30 a.m, on the 14th instant the store of Alfred Loveday, Mawhera Quay, Greymouth, was broken into, and the following stolen: A pair of black-tweed trousers and a vest, size 4; six men’s whitemerino singlets, a light-tweed cap with red stripe, fore-and-aft peak, size 6£ ; an oxford shirt, loin, at neck ; a check shirt, red stripe and blue ground; a dark-brown check vest, size 6 ; a dark-woollen tam-o’-shanter, six bathtowels with five red stripes at ends, two white-cotton singlets, a red-merino singlet, a gentleman’s dark-tweed suit,

size" 6 ; twelve pairs of white-cotton socks, two light-coloured cotton shirts, spotted or flowered ; and a brown-tweed hat; value £8 19s. Identifiable. Suspicion attached to Daniel Whelan and Joseph Jackson, alias Warrington Jackson, &c., who were seen in the neighbourhood the evening before the store was broken into. (For their descriptions, &c., see Discharged Prisoners’ Return of this issue.)