Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XVI, Issue 7, 6 April 1892, Page 51

Stealing Otherwise than from the Person or from Dwellings.

Auckland. William G. Winston®, railway contractor, reports stolen from the goods-shed, on the 25th February last, a brown-paper parcel, containing a small box with thirty-eight steel drills, Gin. long, and three books; value £5. Identifiable. The parcel was addressed to Mr. Morgan, tailor, Karangahape Road.

Otaki. —Peter Arcus, carpdhtcr, reports stolon from the Levin Railway-station, oiu thpCSfend or 23rd ultimo, a darkgreen wooden box,Miffy toyfjlVin. by 16in., containing a black-tweed dyed, black-bone buttons, two outside /pockets, t ai4d one inside on left breast, small tear on riglrt/wfio/lderg a pair of new grev saddle-tweed trousers, siW o ; a dark-brown skull-cap, a hard black-felt hat, size 7Jin.; a white- and red-striped shirt with turn-down collar, two white-silk neckties (one black-spotted), two §in. blntcTplanes, “ P. Arcus” stamped on end of each; a handsaw, maker Distons, size 7; a gin. chisel, a pair of spurs, rollers filed down ; three unframed pictures, and fifty or sixty photographs of scenery; value £5 15s. 9d. Identifiable.

Palmerston North. William Waugh, farmer, Stony Creek, reports stolen from off his horse at Terrace End, on the 18th ultimo, a green-hide saddle and girth, rusty steel stirrup-irons, snaffle-bit, Spanish martingale, one of the rings bone, the other a piece of bullock-horn ; and a drab waterproof-cloth overcoat, black- and red-lining, square pattern; value £4 7s. Identifiable.

Wellington. —Thomas Livermore, St. Mary Street, reports stolen from the boat-harbour, on the 19th or 20th ultimo, an open boat (since recovered), four oars, one ash, three totara, one of them has been spliced near the blade, a mast, mainsail with brass eyelet holes, and jibsail; value £ls. Identifiable.

Wellington.— He/iry Chilcfe, of Christchurch, passenger by the s.sa lu ' Jtotfn LyttntyamC report!? stofiM. fi/ma ov 9l name, Strange, on tfflr; valu£«i?. Idehfflftable. / /

Wellington South. —Alice McKeever, King Street, reports stolen from a clothes-line, on the 25th ultimo, a red- and white-striped counterpane, twilled-calico sheet, bolster-slip, and two pillow-cases; value 12s. 6d. Identifiable.

Auckland. —Charles White, Argyle Street, reports stolen from a locker at the West End Rowing Club’s shed, Ponsonby, a red-and-black football-jersey, a large white-woollen sweating ditto, and one for rowing in, white and black hoops, two pairs of white rowing-pants, and two medium-sized towels; value £1 10s.

Onehunga. Miss Emily Mitchell, passenger per s.s. “ Takapuna,” reports stolen from the social-room, on the 20th ultimo, an ordinary black-leather bag, nearly new, about Sin. by 10in., containing £9 in notes and some silver. Complainant’s address is Mr. Levey’s, Hobson Street, Auckland.

Riverton. —Malachi Lenihan, surfaceman, reports stolen from his vest on the railway-line at Longwood, on the 14tli ultimo, an English silver fiver hunting-watch, No. 675G0, maker Ehrhardt, London,/compensation-balance, cracked near the hinge, “ M/Htfffpan” scratched on inside of back case; attache*! was yprass/iH»ert, plain links ; value £6 Is. 6d.

Deserting Wives and Families, See. William Caudwell is charged on warrauyjWith haromjf dcy>©rt< d his wife, Nellie, Garrett Street, since/tim 27|®$/anVfc&ry last. Description: English, formerly a YftiyfaeA .L/Lpty-ni y< ars of age, sft. sin. high, stout buifdOiair c<#)fp lesion anc hair, dark eyes. Supposed to have gone feqjrD ; well known at Christchurch. Photograph at Inspector’s Office, Wellington.

Wellington. —Francis John Govern Graham is charged on warrant with disobeying an order of Court to pay 15s. a week towards his wife’s maintenance. Description : English, a sailor, twenty-two years of age, sft. 74in. high, fresh complexion, brown curly hair, grey eyes, scar on right leg, small mark on left arm, mole on right cheek. (See Police Gazette, 1891, page 175.) He was £39 in arrears on the 19th ultimo. Supposed to be in the neighbourhood of Eketaliuna.

Oamaru.— William /Ciutfiingham is charged on warrant with failing to aupEfortMiis illegitimate Jessie Milmine, tlA filth ultimo. Description : A native of/UwPpcLny, of age, (M/sin. dark hair, ftyj)r unoustacjfc mmy, Jvyes, broad forehead; generality wears iw darlt-tw/ed suit. at Police Office, Oamaru. He may be found at the residence of Thomas Landles, cab-proprietor, Dunedin, or at William Adams’s, bookbinder, in the same city; or may have gone to Melbourne to join a relative, named William Strachan, of No. 6, Mary Street, Brunswick.

Kaiapoi. —Frederick Brock is charged on warrant with failing to provide for the support of his three children left with Mrs. Ada Herridge, Woodend. Description: English/ a carpenter, about forty years of age, about sft. 9in. high, stout build, fair complexion, light-brown hair beard whiskers] and moustache, regular features, a widower; dressed, when last seen, in a dark-grey suit and soft black-felt hat. He left for the North Island in April last, and wrote from Foxton on the 3rd October following, saying he was going to take charge of. a flax-mill at Napier. (See also Police Gazette, 1892, page 24.)

(See “ Missing Friends,” Police Gazette, 1892, page 32.)

Neil C. M. F. Fredertckson has, on his solicitor’s application, been brought before the Resident Magistrate’s Court, Gore, and sentenced to one hour’s imprisonment; also ordered to pay £1 10s. a month towards the support of his wife and children, but no sureties required. His wife declines to live with him.

Wellington. —William Turkington is charged on warrant with deserting his wife, Eliza Ann, and three children the 9th ultimo. DescripMcpj: Irish, a phMe^|errand'' labourer, thiyfyfseven ye£u - /f>sjrge, 6ft medium/ build, broZa / whiskers //a shaves on, 1 chin; dressed iur dainc tfr/ukeys, and hard felt, hat. eMglkJon the/Manawatu line, Otaki, /etwZh/tf<L/Mi FelfrqjLry /ast and the above date, when 1 p effects anjSf left me district. Complainant is Scott’s boarding-house, Willis Street, Wellington. , /

(See Police Gazette, 1892, pages 32 and 39.) Sydney James, charged with disobeying a maintenanceorder, has been arrested by Constable J. Hawksworth, Reefton Police, and remanded to Auckland.