Housebreaking, Stealing from the Person and from Dwellings.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XV, Issue 1, 14 January 1891, Page 2

Housebreaking, Stealing from the Person and from Dwellings.

(See Police Gazette, 1890, page 240.) Stealing from the tent of Benjamin Poole, Murimotu Road, Rangitikei: The pocketbook and contents, except money, have been found about half a mile from the camp.

Stolen between the 4tli and 16th ultimo, from an unoccupied house in Cook Street, Auckland, a green venetianblind; value £1; the property of William Bartley Montgomery. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 17th ultimo, from the drapery-shop of Alfred Shalders, Queen Street, Auckland, a ladies’ creamcoloured liberty-silk blouse ; value 18s. 6d. Identifiable.

(See Police Gazette, 1890, page 240.)

The bacon stolen from the dwelling of J. W. Hamilton, Stratliarran, Southland, was returned during the night of the 28th ultimo ; not known by whom.

Between 7.30 a.m. on the 13th and 8.30 p.m. on the 15th ultimo the but of Lawrence Halcrow, jun., Myross Bush, near Invercargill, was broken into, and an old doublebarrelled muzzle-loading gun, with screw of ramrod broken, stolen ; value £1 10s. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 27th ultimo, from the person of Frank Bassett, while drunk on the Fedding racecourse, a silver Waltham lever watch, No. 2892831, about ten months in use ; value £4 10s. Identifiable.

Between 12 a.m. and 6 p.m. on the 26th ultimo the dwelling of Frederick Hammond, farmer, near Bull’s, Taranaki District, was broken into, and the following stolen: A tweed suit, a pair of black trousers and a vest, both having a piece of serge let in at the back to enlarge them, two

woollen and two oxford shirts with collars on each, a pair of light-tweed trousers with braces attached, a pair of white blankets, a black-felt hat, and a small bee-clock ; value £7 10s. Identifiable except blankets and hat.

Stolen between 11 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. on the 4th instant, from the dwelling of Kate Youmans, Ingestre Street, Wellington, a ladies’ open-faced silver Geneva watch with long silver chain and silver locket attached, locket engraved “K. Youmans ; ” also a broad - pattern silver bracelet ; total value £5. Identifiable.

Stolen between the Ist and 4tli instant, from Frank Moeller’s Occidental Hotel, Wellington, 30ft. of l£in. indiarubber hose with brass nozzle attached ; value £1 ss. Supposed identifiable.

(See Police Gazette, 1890, page 186.) The articles stolen from the Star Hotel, Woodville, are the property of the licensee, Alexander Sandel.

Stolen between the 15th September last and 4th ultimo, from the premises of Edward Roennau, Pollen Street, Thames, four white-cotton handkerchiefs, 4 yards of scrim, six nickel-plated escutcheons, six packets of fin. to 2in. screws, a brass rabbit-plane about sin. long, a 2ft. rule, a pair of carpenters’ compasses, l|lb. ljin. wire nails, a lantern, a polished wooden match-box, a gold toothpick, a smoothingplane, a spokeshave, a twopenny copper coin with figure of George 111., a Danish copper coin inscribed “ 1 Skilling,” a copper cent, with figure of Napoleon on one side, a silver rix dollar inscribed R. VII., an East Indian rupee, a silver coin inscribed “ Schilling Hambourg Current,” and about two dozen copper and ten silver foreign coins which cannot be described ; value £3 10s. Planes, spokeshave, compasses, toothpick, and the coins particularised can be identified ; identification of other articles doubtful. Suspicion attached to Julias Goldstrucker, now undergoing six months’ imprisonment in Mount Eden Gaol for larceny as a bailee of other property belonging to complainant, who left him in charge of his premises. Description : A German Jew, a teacher of languages, sixty-one years of age, sft. l£in. high, fresh complexion, stout build, grey ban whiskers and moustache, hazel eyes. _ gSaej, P / -P'tT (Sec Police Gazette, 1890, page 186.)

The butter-cooler stolen from the British Hotel, Auckland, is the property of the licensee, John Gallagher.

Between 11 p.m. on the 28th and 6 a.m. on the 29th ultimo the restaurant of Ah Chec, Queen Street, Auckland, was broken into, and about 12s. in silver and ss. in coppers stolen.

Stolen on the Ist instant, from a bedroom in Thomas Quoi’s restaurant, Queen Street, Auckland, a pair of lighttweed trousers with red stripes; value £1; the property of Sullivan, a Maori. Identifiable.

Stolen on the 3rd instant, from a passage in Thomas Quoi’s restaurant, Queen Street, Auckland, a swag containing a pair of blue blankets, a pair of white-cotton drawers, a brown-flannel singlet and drawers of the same material, a white-linen shirt with pearl studs, 2 yards of calico, and several letters signed “Robert Giles;” value £2; the property of Edward Giles. Identifiable.

Supposed stolen between 1 and 2 a.m. on the 27th ultimo, from the person of Charles McHugh, while drunk, at Auckland, a silver hunting lever watch, makers Stewart, Dawson, and Co., No. 50360, an 18-carat gold albert - guard, curb pattern, with gold bar, attached, and a small round gold locket; value £lO. Identifiable. Complainant resides at Eglinton Street, Parnell.

Between 6 a.m. on the 18th and 8 a.m. on the ultimo the store of Noah Roper Cox, Hamilton West) Waikato, was broken into, and the following stolen : A cashbox containing £ll 2s. 3d. in silver, two pennies, eighteen twopenny stamps, a duplicate bank-book (Bank of New Zealand), a pass-book with weekly returns recorded, a petty-cash-book, and an old promissory note for £25, from Vincent to Hinton, indorsed by complainant. Two shillings, one of them black, the other bent, a crown-piece slightly notched at edges, the cash-box, and books can be identified.

Stolen on the Ist instant, from the Royal Hotel, Timaru, a white waterproof - overcoat, about 50in. long, with cape attached, striped-bone buttons, bottom one off, three outside pockets, nearly new ; value £2 7s. 6d.; the property of John Davidson. Identifiable.

Between 8 p.m. on the 20th and 7 p.m. on the 21st ultimo the office of the Mutual Life Association, 160, Hereford Street, Christchurch, was broken into, but nothing stolen. Entrance gained by breaking a pane of glass in a back window.

Between 8 p.m. on the 20th and 9 a.m on the 22nd ultimo the office of the National Mortgage and Agency Company, 162, Hereford Street, Christchurch, was broken into, and about Is. 6d. in silver and coppers stolen. An attempt was also made to break into the strong-room. Entrance effected by breaking the glass in a back door and turning the key inside. from the person of Iphn Shand, at Invercargill, wjtile driulc,W]the7eyening of the 26th ultimo, In f-plate, No. 5387, wyftjjraTr. pfyT Northampton Square, London, /y\feotßß6 on i*sicfe of case , value £3O. Identifiable. Comj/jWainant liveyat Centre feynm, Winton.

Stolen between 7 and 8 p.m. on the 2nd instant, from the bedroom of John Stamp, at the Fire Brigade Station, Marton, Taranaki District, a double-cased silver Geneva watch, silver dial with raised gold figures, and a 9-carat gold chain, small double and long links; value £4 10s. Identifiable. Suspicion attached to John Strain, alias Straghan, &c., who was drinking with complainant. (For description see Police Gazette, 1889, pages 15 and 183.) Dressed in shabby checktweed coat, too large for him, dark-tweed trousers, and white-straw hat with black ribbon round it. Left Marton on the 3rd instant, supposed for the South.

Stolen on the sth instant, from the shop-door of Mrs. McGuire, Cuba Street, Wellington, a man’s second-hand overcoat, brownish-grey colour, brown lining. Identification doubtful.

(See Police Gazette, 1890, page 240.)

Larceny from a dwelling in McMaster’s Street, East Invercargill: It has been ascertained that no offence was committed in this case.

Stolen on the 25th ultimo, from Brown’s boardinghouse Dargaville, seventeen £1 Bank of New Zealand notes, numbers unknown ; the property of Belcher Lewis Brown.

Stolen on the 2nd instant, from the person of George Vickery, in Roxburgh, Otago, a silver English lever hunting watch, pretty well worn, maker Russell, No. 24629, value £5; and a silver guard with short thick links, broken near centre and tied with a thread, value 10s. Complainant is a farmer, residing at Coal Creek, and was under the influence of liquor.

Between 12.30 and 7 p.m. on the 2nd instant the shop of James Empy, Newmarket, Auckland, was broken into, and ss. in silver and coppers and four bottles of lemonade stolen.

Stolen between the 9th and 23rd ultimo, from a bedroom in the Welcome Inn Hotel, Lyell, Westland District, a brown-sealskin jacket, trimmed with brown fur, fastened in front with mantle-hooks, one pocket inside ; value £8 ; the property of Annie Jorgensen, servant. Identifiable. Suspicion attached to Ellen Williams, whose house was searched, under warrant, without effect. Description: English, an hotelkeeper, fifty years of age, about sft. sin. high, dark eyes, dark-brown hair turning grey, dark complexion, medium build. Still at Lyell.