Miscellaneous Information.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XX, Issue 4, 19 February 1896, Page 312

Miscellaneous Information.

Appointment as Constable. Charles Findlay, No. 730.

District Constable, Cheviot, appointed. William James Whatman has been sworn in as a district constable at Cheviot, Canterbury, and North Otago District, from the 7th instant. (96/71.)

Dismissal. Constable David Reidy, No. 586

Station reopened. Normanby, Wanganui and West Coast District, 10th instant. (95/987.)

Station closed. Southbridge, Canterbury and North Otago District, 7th instant. (96/73.)

Forage. (Circular No. 6/96.) Attention is drawn to Circular No. 15, of the 26th November, 1888, which appears to have been frequently overlooked. It is also observed that the full ration is issued daily at many stations where the mounted duty is not large. At some of these places police paddocks are already formed, and, where there are none, grazing should, if possible, be obtained, and a saving effected thereby. Inspectors in charge of districts are therefore requested to give this matter their special consideration, and report fully thereon, with the view of strict economy in this item of expenditure. A. H. Hume, Commissioner of Police. Wellington, 15th February, 1896. (96/144.)

Return discontinued. Thb monthly “ Return of Fines ” (Form No. 29) is no longer required.

Rewards. Detective Robert Neill, No. 245, and Constable F. S. Cox, No. 714, Wellington police, have been awarded £4 and £3 respectively for special services rendered in the prosecution of Annie Brown and John Henry Brown, who were convicted of procuring abortion. (Vide Police Gazette, 1896, page 15.)

Constable D. Jackson, No. 622, Ashburton police, has been awarded £2 from the Reward Fund for zeal and ability displayed in the detection and prosecution of William Cobeldick, convicted on two charges of sheep-stealing, and sentenced to six months’ labour. (96/173.) Sergeant J. Slattery, No. 7, and Constables P. Minogue, No. 496, and J. C. Griffiths, No. 673, Palmerston North police, have been awarded £3 each for services in securing a conviction against Hetty Crop, fined £SO and costs for sly grog-selling. (95/1609.) Constable D. Lloyd, No. 402, Picton police, has been awarded ss. by the Customs Department for obtaining a conviction under the Beer Duty Act. (96/37.) The sum of £3 has been awarded to Constable C. Stanyer, No. 567, of Otorohanga, and £1 10s. to Native Constable Hoponi, of the same place, for services rendered in obtaining a conviction against William Bond for sly grog-selling at Te Kuiti. (96/128.) Constable J. Riordan, Waipawa police, has been awarded £6 by the Hawke’s Bay Acclimatisation Society for services in securing a conviction for fishing without a license, (96/37.)

By Authority : Samuel Costall, Government Printer, Wellington,

Gaol. I ComWhere Name. \Vhere tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of 1 Trade, Born. br Hair. Eyes. Nose. Photographed, , Remarks, and Previous Convictions. <V plexion. and Date. Auckland ... Robert Andrew Collier, Auckland Jan. 27, 1896 theft discharged ■ ft in. Auckl’d, 23.6.93 See police Gazette, 1896, page 26. alias C' harles W ilson Auckland ... Elizabeth Speer Auckland Nov. 29, 1895 vagrancy r month Ireland 1850 - 2 ruddy dark brown grey medium 26p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1891, page 131 , / habitual drunkenness i month Auckland .. George Flitter George William Bausor Auckland H.M.S. Dec. 18, i8g.s illegallyon premises... 6 weeks England ... labourer 1837 4 fresh light brown, turning grey gre> medium Half-witted ; scar top of head. Auckland ... Dec. 31. 1895 naval offences 30 days See Police Gazette, 1896, page 8. “ Katoomba ” Auckland ... William James Edwards Auckland Jan. 30, 1896 horse-stealing acquitted Auckland ... carrier 1878 5 it fair red grey medium Scar left eyebrow. Auckland ... Herman Kehn Auckland Nov. 26, 1894 breaking and entering t8 months N. Zealand carter 1867 - 6i fresh It. grey thick A tickl’d, 1.2.96 Scar right arm and leg; top of left (4 charges) middle finger stiff. Gone to WhangaAuckland ... Ernest Peter Tomlinson Auckland Nov. 26, 1894 breaking and entering 18 months England ... bushman 1872 5 6i fair light brown brown thick Auckl’d, 1.2.96 Scar on nose ; dot on left arm. Auckland ... Ernest Hughes Auckland Nov. 26, 1894 breaking and entering 18 months Auckland ... bushman 1866 6i fresl dark brown It. grey medium Auckl’d, 1.2.96 Stout build : an upper front tooth out; David Samuel Rundell scar on right cheek. Auckland .. Auckland Feb. 1, 1896 obstructing police ... England ... stoker 1876 5 H fair medium Anchor and braceleton rightarm ; snake on left arm. Handed to naval authoAuckland ... John Johnsen Auckland Jan. 28, 1896 disobedience on ship... fine, or 7 days Norway seaman 1871 3i dark dark brown It. grey medium Anchor on left arm; J| below left Auckland thumb. Auckland ... Charles Johnson Jan. 28, 1896 disobedience on ship... fine, or 7 days England ... seaman 1868 s 4* fresh black dk. blue large Stout build ; CF, AL, &c., on left arm. Auckland .. Henry Davy Auckland Feb. i,1896 disobeying maintenremanded to N. Zealand chainman 1850 5 9 sallov black, turning brown medium AC, anchor, AGA on left arm ; large Auckland .. John Lynch H.M.S. ance order Wanganui ears; stoops slightly. Jan. 17, 1896 naval offences 28 days Ireland signalman 6 f rest dark brown grey medium Scar on right cheek. George Stuart Aitken... “ Katoomba Auckland ... Auckland Nov. 26, 1894 theft (2 charges) :8 months England ... labourer 1873 - 4 fresh light brown medium Auckl’d, 3.2.96 Eight-pointed star on left wrist; nail of Auckland ... Thomas Davis Coromandel ... N. Zealand 1 ight middle finger disfigured. Feb. 6, 1896 assault fined farmer 1859 s 7i copper black dark hr. medium A Maori. Stout build ; right forefinger stiff. Two scars near right eye ; clasped hands, Auckland ... Nicholas Comiuo Dargaville ... Jatt. 7. 1896 theft from a duelling 1 month Greece fisherman 1872 CJ 33 dark black dark hr. medium two dags, and anchor on right arm. Auckland ... William Frame Paeroa Feb. 6, 1896 theft committed for trial Scotland ... carpenter 1836 s Si dark black grey medium Scar inside left elbow. Bailed. Auckland ... Kate Minch Auckland Feb. 3, 1896 drunkenness fine, or 48 hours ... See Police Gazette , 1896, page 7. Auckland ... Joint Chester Whitiangi theft 7 days Feb. 5, 1896 theft 48 hours England ... miner 1870 5 4i sallow dark brown brown medium Scar on right wrist and over eye. Auckland ... Susan Matheson, alias Auckland Sept. 2, 1895 theft from the person 6 months N. Zealand prostitute 1870 5 3 fair light brown It. brown medium Auckl’d, 7.2.06 12 p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1888, page 94.) Annie VYard, &c. Auckland ... Henry Fitzsimmons ... Aratapu Dec. 9, '895 begging 1 month Ireland seaman 1843 5 li fair grey It. blue medium Stout build; flesh-lump under right ear ; Butler NorrisWilkinson Coromandel... false pretences 1 month scar right side of neck. Auckland ... Dec. 10, 1895 vagrancy . . 2 months India seaman 1864 5 8 fresh light brown It. grey medium Auckl’d, 7.2.96 For marks, see Police Gazette, 1803, page 196. 3 p.c. Weeping-willow over tomb on left Auckland ... Frank, alias Joseph Auckland Jan. 27, 1896 theft 14 days America ... seaman 1843 - 6| dark grey large James, Cochrane, alias arm. (See Police Gazette, 1893, page Cochgran 173- ; Auckland ... W illiam George Walker Auckland ... Feb. O <» 00 entering premises bmonths’ probation England ... seaman 1858 5 4i fresl light brown It. grey medium Ring tattooed on each middle finger; Tauianga ... Emma Oliver Tauranga cross below right thumb. Jan. 23, 1896 obscene language 7 days England ... ... 1840 s 7 sallow greyish hazel medium I p c. Gisborne ... George Jones, alias Gisborne Jan. 10, 1896 drunkenness fine, or 24 hours ... England ... labourer 1835 5 43 fair fair blue large, 2 p c. Scars on back of left hand and on N. Plymouth Carter, alias Johnson James Lang Stratford resisting police fine, or 30 days broken knee-caps; slight squint. Dec. 3'. 1893 obscene language i month Ireland labourer 1855 5 ioi fresh dark brow n grey broad Birth-mark on left hip ; varicose veins on N.Plymouth N. Plymouth assaulting police 1 month both legs; bald. Henrv Bailey Jan. 20, 1S96 vagrancy 14 days England .. tabouret 1831 5 6i fair fair blue long Burn-marl s on both wrists; second and N. Plymouth third toes on both fret webbed. \\ illiam Neilson N. Plymouth Jan. 27, 1896 disorderly conduct ... fine, or 48 hours ... N. Zealand labourer 1874 - 73 fai r dark brown grey medium Sailor and female 011 Light arm ; heart, N. Plymouth Arthur Devaine, alias N. Plymouth MB, 1804, &c., on left arm. Jan. 27, 1896 disorderly conduct ... fine, or 48 hours ... England ... tabouret 1869 - 5 fair sandy brown medium Scar on left temple; mole on back ; N. Plymouth Delaney female and oak-branch on left atm. Mary McCurdy, alias Hawera Nov. 5. >893 habitual drunkenness 3 months Scotland ... wife 1865 !i fresl light brown brown medium 5 p.c. Scars on right wrist and hand. N. Plymouth McKirdv Thomas Cloudsley Opunake Feb. 3, 1896 threatening language 7 days England ... labourer 1859 II fresh brown grey medium Varicose veins on left leg; middle left Napier Michael, alias Patrick, toe deformed. Napier June 17, 1895 causing bodily harm 9 months Ireland labourer 1830 5 Si fair dark brown, grey medium Napier, 3.3.92 8 p.c. Stout build; eccentric manner; Napier Sullivan Napier turning grey' blind left eye. Thomas YV ilson Jan. 25, 1896 drunkenness 7 days Ireland labourer (837 5 4 dark grey brown broken 7 p.c. Stout build ; mole on left eyebrow. Napier David Popplewell Napier Jan. 71, 1896 drunkenness 7 days N. Zealand druggist and 1835 5 5 f resh brown, turnblue aquiline, bent Scar on left cheekbone. wool-classer ing grey

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM GAOLS DURING THE FORTNIGHT ENDED Bth FEBRUARY, 1896.

Gaol. Name. Where tried. When. Offence. I Sentence. Native of Trade. Born ! Height. Complexion. Hair. 1 E'.yes. Nose. Where Photographed, and Date. Remarks, and Previous Convictions. John Walsh Dannevirke ... Sept. to, 1893 obscene language 3 months Ireland fireman 1865 ft 5 in. 7 fair fair blue, large S p.c. Bracelet on right wrist; blue mark Napier George, alias Kristian, Dannevirke ... Jan. to, 1896 theft assault vagrancy 1 month 1 month 1 month Denmark ... labourer 1863 s fair light brown small It. hazel long on forehead ; cut-marks over right eye; left arm crooked. 8 p.c. Scars on left thumb and on nose. Dennison John Brown Napier Napier Sept. 3. ‘895 rogue and vagabond... 6 months Sweden labourei 1852 s 81 dark, dark brown, grey long 3 p.c. Flowers on right arm ; rosette Napier Timothv Sullivan Feb. S, 1896 drunkenness 4 days Ireland iaboure? 1854 5 5 sunb’rnt fresh turning grey brown, thin gre\ long, with arm holding dagger on right wrist. Burn-scar on right eyebrow. Wanganui... George Dickel Ohingaiti Nov. t, 1895 obscene language 3 months N. Zealand labotirei 187.3 5 81 fresh brown blue pointed, and bent medium Three scars inside left leg. Wanganui... Thomas Garnish Wanganui ... Oct. 30, 189s disobeying mainten3 months Canada labourer 1839 5 5 fresh grey hazel broad TG over bar on left arm ; head and arm Wanganui... Patrick Murphy Hunterville ... Jan. 3, 1896 ance order threatening language i month England ... labourer 1870 5 7i fresh brown grey large of crucifix on right arm. Wanganui... William, alias James, Wanganui ... Jan. 23, 1896 (2 charges) drunkenness 7 days See Police Gazette, 1896, page 8. Wanganui... Higgins, alias Price, alias O’Brien Jane Simpson Wanganui ... Feb. 8, 1896 sly grog-selling (2 chs) fine, or 1 month Rn gland ... prostitute 1856 - ii florid false, brown brown medium Very prominent chin. Fine paid. Wellington Thomas Jones Wellington ... Dec. 21, 1895 theft (2 charges) r month Ireland labourer 1836 5 8 fresh grey grey medium 1 p.c. Right little finger crooked. Wellington William Gents, alias Wellington .. Jan. 17, 1896 wilful damage 12 days England ... fireman 1874 q ib fai r brown brown medium l p.c. Lion, flag, &c., on right arm ; vase and emblems on left arm; &c. Two dots on left arm ; scar on chin. Wellington Jantz William John West ... H.M.S. Nov. 6, 1895 disobedience 90 days. England ... stoker 1872 5 4 fair light brown brown large, pug Wellington Charles Cunningham ,.. “Lizard ” Wellington ... Nov. 6, [893 assault 3 months Ireland Iaboure! 1840 _ 6 dark brow 11 blue medium. 7 p.c. Top off third left finger. (See Wellington Frederick Savage Pahiatua Jan. 16, 1896 supplying liquor to a prohibited person breach of the peace ... 14 days England ... engineer 1829 5 4i dark grey hazel large Police Gazette, 1895, page 89.) Tops off two left fingers. Wellington Joseph Nestor Wellington ... Jan. 30, 1896 S days Ireland sailor 1870 5 7i fair fair blue medium Mole above lip and on chin; star on Wellington John Knox Purvis Wellington ... Feb. 3, 1896 theft remanded Scotland ... labourer 1853 5i fair light brow n gre\ large, right hand; female and star on left band. 9 p.c. Scar on nose. Wellington William Morgan, alias Otaki Oct. 9, i8g5 drunk and disorderly 1 month Wales sailor 1874 _ 5i fresh dark brown grey aquiline small Auckl’d, 28.2.93 Several p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1893, Wellington William Ernest Jones, alias ■ Beatty, &c. Jeremiah Driscoll, alias Wellington ... Sept. 2, 1893 obscene language vagrancy 3 months 6 months N. Zealand shoemaker 1869 5 2 h sallow brown brown small Well’n, 2.9.89 page 1.38.) Numerous p.c. Scarand 1 onrightarm; Wellington Charles Travers, alias Hinds, &c. Milly Bennett Wellington ... Feb. S, 1896 theft remanded N. Zealand servant 1870 s 2 fair brown grey medium Lyttelton, 30.12.89 scars on back and on right shoulder. Nelson William Fauchelle Takaka Oct. 29, 1895 disobeying mainten3 months N. Zealand labourer 1862 5 4 k fresh dark brown hazel large, Mole on left cheekbone; small chin; Nelson John Martin, alias Timaru Feb. 7, 1893 ance order forging and uttering 4 years Sweden seaman 1836 5 Si fair fair blue pointed tip small, Nelson, 30.1.96 weak voice. Several p.c. Upper front teeth out; Nelson Andrew Karl Semb, alias Petersen, alias Fredericksen Nils Jacobsen Christchurch Jan. Q, 1888 (3 charges) manslaughter life Finland carpenter 1831 lb fair brown blue sharp large Nelson, 30.1.96 square jaws. Gone to Christchurch. Stout, square make ; cut-marks on nose. Nelson George Brown Takaka Jan. 7, 1896 obscene language 1 month Wellington labourer 1875 s 9i fait fair It. grey medium Special remission. Gone to Lyttelton. Two tattoo-spots on left arm ; cut-mark Hokitika ... John Cockburn Dec. 3, >893 disorderly behaviour... indecent language ... 14 days 2 months Scotland ... saddler 183s 5 si fresh grey grey medium outer corner of right eye. Several p.c. Scar on nose and over left Hokitika ... James Simpson Ross Dec. 7, 1895 vagrancy 2 months England ... miner 1828 5 7 fair grey It. grey large, broken broken eyebrow’; broad face. Several moles on back ; bald. Hokitika ... John Dawson, alias Hokitika Jan. 25, 1896 theft 7 days Ireland labourer 1842 5 9 sallow brown, turnblue Broad features; moie on back. Lyttelton ... Dalton William Powell Christchurch Dec. 30, 1893 assault 14 days Tasmania ... labourer 1864 9i swarthy ing grey brown grey long Cross and anchor on right arm ; star on right hand ; pierced heart on left hand ; &c. Lyttelton ... John Roseil, alias Paban Christchu rch Jan. 18, 1896 wilful damage illegally on premises... fine, or 1 month 14 dar s Sweden cook 1863 5 3. swarthy brown blue medium Lyttelton ... William Hill.afiarAllen, alias John Davis, &c. William Boyd Oxford Jan. 25, 1896 theft 7 days England ... cook 18.32 r 81 black black, short, dark br. broad, flat Lyttelton, 24.10.93 Several p.c. Slight build ; thick lips ; a Lyttelton ... Methven Jan. 2, 1896 obscene language 1 month N. Zealand baker and 1875 s 2 dark woolly dark brown It. brown medium coloured man. Lyttelton ... Mary Cunningham, alias Petty Joseph Connor Christchurch Jan. 22, 1896 drunkenness ... 14 days cook See Police Gazette, 1896, page 9. Lyttelton ... Lyttelton Jan. 29, i8gG drunkenness fine, or 7 days Ireland seaman 1847 5 5 fresh dark brown blue medium 2 p.c.

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

J ComWhere Gaol. Maine. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Born. b£ Hair. Eyes. 1 Nose. Photographed, Remarks, and Previous Convictions. V plexion. and Date. Lyttelton ... Margaret Wickham ... Christchurch Jan. 29,1896 drunkenness 7 days Ireland matron i860 ft. in. S U dark brown brown medium 4 p.c. Stout build. Lyttelton ... Richard Deelan MulRakaia Jan. 8, 1896 assault 30 days Ireland labourer 1862 5 8i dark black grey large Lyttelton, 7.11.93 2 p.c. Stout build. Lyttelton ... James Taylor, alias Christchurch Dec. 24, i8g4 vagrancy 3 months Scotland ... labourer 1870 - 7± fresh dark brown grey broad Lyttelton, 5.3.92 5 p.c. JMT and JT on left arm; naked Scottie, alias Thompson assaulting police 12 months man on right arm. Lyttelton ... Thomas Broomhall Christchurch Dec. 9, 1895 false pretences (2 chg) 2 months England ... clerk 1853 5 fresh brow n blue long Timaru, 19.9.92 Several p.c. TBS (in wreath), flags, Smith, alias J. B. Steele, alias Lord anchor, and crucifix on left arm. Lyttelton ... Wort ley Jessie Stubbs Lyttelton Jan. 2i, i8g6 drunk and disorderly fine, or 14 days N. Zealand seamstress 1858 5 ii dark dark brown blue small 1 p.c. Stout build; mole on left shoulder. Timaru William Burns, alias James Munro Timatu Jan. 2, 1896 obscene language 1 month Ireland seaman and labourer '843 5 2i swarthy dark brown blue broad 3 p.c. Two joints off first left finger; woman on right arm; W and anchor on left arm ; star on each hand. (See Police Gazette, 1895, page 43.) Timatu James Wilson Timaru Jan. 4, 1896 vagrancy 1 month See Police Gazette, 1896, page 17. Timaru Michael Reid Timaru Jan. 29, 1896 lunacy ... discharged Ireland ex-constable R.I.C. labourer 1862 6 I fresh light brown blue medium Oamaru John McKenzie Oamaru Jan. 23, 1896 drunkenness 48 hours Scotland ... 1844 5 7i fresh brown, turnblue medium 3P.c.._ Not gazetted. resisting police 14 days 1 p.c. Not gazetted. Oamaru Daniel Sullivan Oamaru Jan. 23, >896 assault sureties Ireland labourer 6 brown medium Dunedin ... George Wilkie Dunedin Aug. 26, 1895 theft (4 charges) 6 months England ... fireman 1867 5 II fresh brown brown medium Abscess-mark on right jaw. Dunedin ... Mary Joyce Dunedin Aug. 26, i8gs assault and robbery ... 6 months Ireland 1865 5 4i fresh black blue small Dunedin ... Duncan Fraser Dunedin Nov. 1. '895 default of maintenance fine, or 3 months ... Scotland ... labourer 1856 . ei fresh darkbrown dark br. medium Several p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1895, page 60. , Dunedin ... Hugh McFarlane Dunedin Nov. 2, 189s larceny 3 months Scotland ... sailor 1854 5 5* ruddy dark brown dk. blue bearded 1 p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1892, page 135- > Dunedin ... Esther Maria Montague Dunedin Dec. 19, 1895 vagrancy 6 weeks Ireland fresh blue pug I p.c. Dunedin ... Ihomas James MonRoxburgh Jan. 6, 1896 larceny 1 month Tasmania ... groom i860 5 8 fresh brown grey long i p.c. Cut on left side of head. (See tague Barrett Police Gazette, 1887, page 67.) Dunedin ... Agnes Whittet , Dunedin Jan. 13, 1896 larceny discharged N. Zealand domestic 1878 I sallow black grey medium Dunedin ... Alfred Pearson Dunedin Jan. 25, 1896 obscene language 7 days Sweden servant sailor 1864 5 4 fresh brown blue medium Scar on forehead ; pock-marked on face. Dunedin ... Mary McNaught, alias Dunedin Jan. 27, 1896 soliciting 7 days Scotland ... prostitute 1844 - 5 florid dark brown brown small, pug 6 p.c. ( See Police Gazette, 1892, page 20. ) Hunter, alias MeNaughton Anchor, heart, MSAL on left arm ; anchor, star, and Maltese cross on right Dunedin ... Alexander Lowry Dunedin Feb. 3. 1896 vagrancy discharged Scotland ... labourer 1872 s Si dark dark brown dark br. aquiline Invercargill Jacob Steinman Bluff Jan. 15, 1896 obscenelanguage 14 days Sweden carpenter 1852 s II fair fair blue broad, flat arm. , 2 p.c. Large mouth ; scar on right temple ; half of left big toe off ; left forefinger crooked. Invercargill George Campbell Invercargill ... Dec. 3°. 1895 theft 1 month Scotland ... labourer 1855 s 10 fresh dark brown grey medium 3 p.c. Scar on right arm; cut on right temple.

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