Extracts from New South Wales Police Gazette.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XIX, Issue 22, 30 October 1895, Page 172

Extracts from New South Wales Police Gazette.

(From Gazette, 1895, pages 340 and 347.)

Sydney. —Two warrants have been issued by the Water Police Bench for the arrest of Edward L. Stodart, charged with embezzling the sum of £27 15s. 4d. on various dates, since January last, the property of his employers, Messrs. Fitzliardinge and Houston, solicitors, No. 62, Hunter Street. Offender is about forty years of age, sft. 7in. high, slender build, dark complexion, hollow under each eye, dark hair turning grey, full beard aud moustache, thin on sides, red nose; addicted to drink; a clerk ; dressed when last seen, on the 17th instant, in dark clothes and dark mackintosh. [■Offender is well known in Auckland, but has not been there for some years. Photograph at Commissioner’s Office, Wellington. (95/1292.)]

Brew t arrina. —A warrant has been issued by the Brewarrina Bench for the arrest of Armstrong, alias H. Bishop, charged with fraudulently obtaining the sum of £lB from J. N. Plowman, “ Beemery Hotel,” near Brewarrina, on the 16th ultimo. Offender is about twenty-two years of age, 6ft. high, slim build, knock-kneed, slovenly appearance, very small light moustache, dark complexion, cheeks little flushed; wore dark felt hat, blue-dungaree trousers, and coloured shirt; carrying small swag with leather hold-all inside. Supposed gone to Bourke cn route to Sydney and from there to New Zealand.

Armidale. —Warrants have been issued by the Armidale Bench for the arrest of Walter Harrison, alias Ginger, and Frederick Williams, alias Ryan, charged with conspiring to defraud Frederick William Dovell of the sum of £64, at Armidale. Harrison is thirty-seven years of age, sft. 7in. or Bin. high, stout build (16 stone), sandy hair, clean-shaved, grey eyes; tattooed, man on ball and heart in wreath right arm, star over wreath with sailor’s head, I over WAL over “ I Love Dare,” left forearm, and other tattoo-marks; dressed in light tweed coat, vest, and trousers, drab felt hat with hard rim. Ryan is twenty-two years ago, sft. 7in. high, stout build, sandy moustache, fair complexion, dark-brown hair, flash appearance, wears old-fashioned gold signet-ring; a butcher or miner. Offenders left Armidale by train for Newcastle on night of 29th ultimo, and may have gone to other colonies.

By Authority : Samuel Costall, Government Printer, Wellington.

Gaol. Name. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Born. [ Height. Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Where Photographed, and Date. Remarks, and Previous Convictions. Auckland John Duffy ... Auckland ... Oct. 8, 1895 assault fined ... England ... seaman 1867 ft 5 in. 5* fresh dark brown dk. blue broad 2 p.c. Four flags on right arm ; anchor. Auckland ... PD JO AD, &c., on left arm; halfFrank, alias Joseph James, Cochrane, alias Auckland ... Sept. 0, <895 theft 1 month America ... seaman 1843 5 6i dark grey brown large Auckl’d, 8.10.95 bracelet on each wrist. 1 p.c. Weeping-willow over tomb on left Auckland .. Cochgtan Charles Kron ... Auckland Sept. 37. 189s theft 14 days Sweden fireman 1870 5 9i fair fair It. grey long arm. (See Police Gaxelle, 1892, page 26, as Joseph James Cochrane.) Female on ball on right arm ; sailor, Auckland ... hearts, wreath, 13.10 70, &c., on left Joseph Welling ... Auckland July 11,1895 theft 3 months ... Auckl’d, 28.11.91 arm. See Police Gazette , 1895, pages 49 and 102. Auckland ... Richard Wallace Gisborne Feb. 35. 1895 housebreaking and 9 months Scotland .. labourer 1875 5 10J fresh light brown bluegrey large Auckl'd, 9.10.95 Top off left forefinger. Auckland ... Richard Cahill Auckland Oct. 9. ‘895 assault ... fine, or 3 days Ireland labourer 1828 5 4 swarthy grey grey broad 4 p c. Left leg has been broken at ankle ; Auckland ... cross on left aim. ( See Police Gaxelle, Edward Lysaght ... Auckland Oct. 7. '895 assault fine, or 7 days Ireland labourer 1849 5 8 pale dark brown hazel large 1890, page 219.) 17 P C. Upper front teeth out ; firmlv set Auckland ... lips; crucifix on right arm. IS ee Police Stephen Power H.M.S. “Ring’rooma” July 17, 1895 insubordination 90 days Ireland seaman ■875 5 3* fresh black It, grey broad Gazette , 1K92, page 00.) Large mouth ; broad features. Auckland ... Annie Jackson, alias Norris, alias Reilly Auckland _.. Ngaruawahia Sept. Sept. '7, '895 16, 1895 breach of Prisons Act obscene language 7 days 1 month Ireland 1838 5 0 fair grey hazel flat 30 p.c. Large mouth ; burn-scar on nose Auckland ... Thomas Hayes Auckland Sept. 14, 1895 drunkenness and forehead; rheumatic. See Police Gaxelle, 1895, page 126. 46 p.c. (See Police Gaxelle, 1894,page 178.) Auckland ... David Mills Auckland July 16, 1895 mischief vagrancy fine, or 1 month 3 months Ireland labourer 1844 5 7i sallow daik brown blue medium Auckl’d, 29.3.88 Auckland ... Joseph William Dawber Auckland ... June 4, 1894 forging and uttering 2 years England ... ship’s cook '8.45 5 6i fresh dark brown blue prominent 3 p.c. Large mouth; thick lips. ReAuckland ... Michael Walsh Auckland Oct. 16, 1895 ship-desertion Ireland seaman 1875 .5 si fresh black dark br. medium moved to district hospital. Stout build: mole on chin; scar on left Auckland ... shin; 1 LOVE on left arm. Handed Thomas McDonald Auckland Sept. 4,1895 breach of by-laws fine, or 7 days Auckl’d, 25.3.95 to naval authorities. Arrested 10th October, 1895. (See Police Auckland ... Joseph Moore Auckland June 14, 1895 breach of by-laws fine, or 7 days N. Zealand cab-driver 1874 5 8* fresh black blue medium Gaxelle, 1895, page 69.) Auckland ... Rosanna Nelson Auckland June 24, 1895 receiving stolen property ',8 charges) insulting language ... 4 months Ireland '859 5 I fair dark brown grey medium Auckl’d, 15.10.95 Arrested 10th October, 1895. Large mouth; slight build. Auckland ... Patrick Matthew Molloy Onehunga ... Sept. 31, 1895 fine, or 7 days Auckland ... ship's cook 1862 5 8i fiesh dark brown grey medium Auckland ... female, sailor, &c. f on right arm. Arrested 12th October, 1895. (See Police Walter Patrick Harkin Auckland Oct. 17,1895 habitual drunkenness 48 hours Auckland ... labourei 1868 5 2i fresh fair dk. blue thick Gaxelle, 1894, page 106.) 7 p.c. Large mouth ; two fingers and top of thumb off right hand ; bracelet on right wrist; RE, &c., on left arm. Auckland ... Samuel Courtney Auckland Oct. 7, '895 assault fine, or 14 days Scotland ... labourer 1871 5 6i fresh dark red brown large tS ee Police Gaxelle, 1888, page 17.) Large mouth; sleepy eyes; heai t, anchor, N.Plymouth and cross on right arm; half-circle on Emma Smith N. Plymouth Oct. 8, 1895 arson acquitted at S.C.... England ... servant 1845 5 0 fresh brown grey broad, red left arm. 1 p.c. Blue mark on left eyebrow: scar on nose and forehead; upper front N.Plymouth N.Plymouth Michael Matthews Richard Hoskin N. Plymouth N. Plymouth Oct. Oct. 7, 1895 2, 1895 theft threatening language acquitted at S.C.... bailed M ... teeth false. See Police Gaxelle, 1895, page n8. See Police Gaxelle. 189s, pages 118 and N. Plymouth George E. Bentley Marton Oct. '2, 1895 drunkenness 7 days England ... journalist 1845 5 4i fresh brown, turnblue hooked r Left arm has been broken ; scar on foreGisborne ... Frank Parker Gisborne Oct. 12, 1895 lunacy discharged Ireland labourei 1845 7i fair ing grey grey blue long head ; varicose veins on right leg. Napier ... Thomas Desmond, alias Fitzroy Napier Oct. 1, 189s drunkenness 7 days 7P.c. (See Police Gaxelle, 1894, pages 40 Napier Frank Reid, alias Te Kooti Danevirke ... Aug. 9, 1895 vagrancy 2 months England ... labourer 1843 5 8 dark. sallow brown, turnhazel large and 157.) 6 p.c. Strong build; large mouth; Napier ing giey woman on nght arm; partly bald; scars on e'ebrows. nose, and right James Donnelly Hastings Oct. 3. >895 drunkenness fine, or 7 days fine, or 7 days sent to Timaru Ireland sailmaker 1833 5 6 fait grey blue medium wrist. Bald ; corner of right eye and right thumb George Henry McCracken Napier Oct. 7,189s wife-desertion N. Zealand labourer 1873 5 9 dark. sallow black blue long injured. Large mouth and chin; irregular teeth ; Napier Henry Bruce Hollier ... deep-set right thumb-nail injured; cuts between Hastings Oct. to, 1895 indecent language ... discharged ... ’** ... ... eyebrows. See Police Gaxelle, 1895, page 157.

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM GAOLS DURING THE FORTNIGHT ENDED 19th OCTOBER, 1895.

Gaol. Name, Where tried. W hen. Oftence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Born. JB tjfl '55 X Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Where Photographed, and Date. • Remarks, and Previous Convictions. — mft.in. 3 43 1 Napier William Merrick Ormondville... Aug. 21, 1895 ill-treating a girl 2 months N. Zealand settler 1835 dark dark brown grey large Wide mouth; scar on nose; cop of left little finger crushed; rather bowWanganui... Rupuha Himiona, alias Wanganui ... Sept. 24, 1895 personation ... 6 months’probation N. Zealand farmer 1865 S 8J copper black brown broad legged. Wanganui... Hawira te Ngo Wanganui ... Sept. 24, 1895 personation 6 months’ probation N. Zealand farmer 1863 S 6J copper black brown broad Wanganui... Kawana Winiatara Wanganui ... Sept. 24, 1895 aiding personation ... 6 months’ probation N. Zealand farmer 1866 5 73 copper black brown broad Wellington Robert McCarry Wellington .. May 1,1895 theft 6 months Scotland ... cook 1847 5 4i fair fair blue medium Wellington 2 p.c. Small cut across nose. (See Wellington Wellington John McGregor John Thompson Wellington ... Wellington ... July 10, 1895 Sept, ii, 1895 vagrancy theft 3 months 1 month Australia ... labourer 1872 5 3l fresh brown grej medium Police Gazette, 1890, page 50.) See Police Gazelle, 1895, page '03. Moles under left jaw and on left arm. Wellington Jeremiah Finnerty Wellington ... Sept. 13, 1895 default of maintenance 1 month Ireland fireman ■ 859 5 loi fresh brown, turnblue medium Both little fingers crooked. Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington James Northey James Murphy William Cleary Frank Johnston Wellington ... Wellington ... Wellington ... Wellington ... Sept. 14, 1895 Sept. 24, 1895 Sept. 14, 1895 Oct. 1, 1895 theft drunkenness obscene language theft disobedience on ship... 1 month ... 24 hours 14 days 1 month 14 days Ireland Sweden labourer seaman 1859 1860 5 ioi S 10 dark fair ing grey brown light brown blue blue small medium See Police Gazette, 1895, page 151. Three scars back of head. See Police Gazette, 1893, page 143. Anchoron right arm; T JONES on left Wellington John Henry Anderson Peacock Wanganui ... Mar. s, 1894 false pretences 12 months ... Scotland ... cook 1849 5 7 sailow brown hazel long arm. false pretences 12 months of head. [See Police Gazelle, 1890, page Wellington Jeremiah Kelly Wellington ... Mar. 4, 1895 assault 9 months England ... fireman 1864 S 2 fair lightbrown grey medium 146.) Bracelet on right arm ; female and flags on left arm ; four dots and JK on left Wellington Margaret Anderson, Wellington ... Oct. 1,1895 indecent language ... 14’days Scotland ... cook 1864 S 2 fresh darkbrow n grey large hand. See Police Gazelle, 1893, page si. Wellington Thomas Halsall, alias Hassell Wellington ... Nov. 5,1894 false pretences 12 months ... England ... seaman 1839 S 3l fresh brown grey broken ... ' 1 p.c. Profusely tattooed on both arms; Maltese cross on rightleg; crucifix on left leg; scar over each eye. (See Wellington James Williams Wellington ... Sept. 17,1895 assault 6months,orsur’ties N. Zealand labourei 1865 S 83 fair light brown brown large Police Gazelle, 1892, page 163.) MB on right arm; JV on left arm. Hokitika ... James Dooley Brunnerton ... Sept. 12,1895 theft 1 month Sureties found. Large ears; bald. {See Police Gazette, Hokitika ... Robert Ward rope Westport ... Sept. 6,1895 fraud 40 days N. Zealand butcher-boy 1878 5 2i fair light brown It. brown medium 1893, page 134.) Anchor, OWR on left arm; thin features; large ears; very short thick Hokitika ... John Cockburn Reefton ... Sept. 18, 1895 theft 1 month ... Scotland ... saddler 183s S 53 fresh grey grey medium finger- and toe-nails. Scar on nose and over left eyebrow; broad face. (See Police Gazette, 1894, Hokitika ... Annie Cairns Westport April 18, 1895 drunkenness 3 months Ireland laundress 1848 5 2 fair fair It. blue page 122.) Lyttelton ... Jane Wilson Christchurch Oct. 7,1895 obscene language theft (3 chaiges) 3 months 6 months’ probation N. Zealand servant 1876 5 3i fresh brown blue small Small mouth; small scar on side of left Lyttelton ... Lyttelton ... Lyttelton ... John Korkran, alias Duffell,. alias Dupple William Peter Medcalf, a/iar Smith John Spain, alias Smith Lyttelton Christchurch Lyttelton Sept. 26,1895 Oct. s, 1895 Aug. 13,189s wilful damage ... drunkenness drunkenness fine, or 14 days fine, or 7 days fine, or 48 hours ... N. Zealand England ... Russia labourei carpenter & blacksmith ship’s car1880 183s 1861 5 2i S 3 5 5i fresh, freckled fresh dark red light brown, turninggrey dark blue grey blue medium medium large ... eye. 2 p.c. Small mouth; scar on right cheekbone. 1 p.c. Bald on top of head. 1 p.c. J M S SPAIN, 1882, two flowers, Lyttelton ... Lyttelton ... Michael Ford Ellen Parkinson, alias Christchurch Christchurch July 16,189s Oct. ii, 1895 vagrancy theft ... drunkenness 2 months 3 months 7 days penter ::: and anchor on left arm. See Police Gazette, 1895, page 25. See Police Gazelle, 1895, pages 151, 158, Lyttelton ... Frank Smith Christchurch Sept. 21, 1895 gross indecency 1 month England ... painter i8S7 5 2 swarthy dark brown brown medium Bracelet on right wrist; C, anchor, and Lyttelton ... Sarah Smith Christchurch Sept, ai, 1895 gross indecency 1 month England ... 1835 5 2i fair fair blue medium scar on left wrist. 1 p.c. Stout build; mole on right cheek. Lyttelton ... John McKinnon Lyttelton Oct. 7, >895 disobedience on ship... fine, or 14 days ... Scotland ... seaman 1861 s 83 dark black It.brown medium Large mole on right thigh. Timaru Timaru William Scobie Timaru Sept. 20,1895 theft (2 charges) 1 month William Henry Clegg, limaru Oct. 4, 1893 drunkenness fine, or 48 hours .. 14 days Isle of Man labourer 1843 5 53 dark black It. brown long, Several p.c. Ship, three legs, and wreath alias Clogue, alias Douglass obscene language ... crooked on right arm; two women on left arm ; scar under left eye. (See Police Gazette, Oamaru ... John Shannon Auckland Oct. 16, 1894 assault fine, or 7 days N. Zealand labourer 1870 5 8 fresh light brow n regular 1884, page 154*) Dunedin ... Elizabeth iattersall ... Dunedin Sept. 18, 1895 soliciting prostitution 21 days England ... prostitute 1848 5 3 fresh grey 60 p.c. Dunedin Oct. 2, 1895 disobedience on ship .. fine, or 7 days Algeria ... seaman 1879 5 8 dark brown long Invercargill ... Sept. 24, 1895 theft 14 days ... ... ... See Police Gazette, 1895, page 135.

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED, ETC. — continued.