Deserting Wives and Families, &c.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXI, Issue 1, 6 January 1897, Page 4

Deserting Wives and Families, &c.

Auckland. —Patrick Nolan ,is charged on warrant of apprehension deserting his two children under the age ojf fomtfc<pi years since the 12th ultimo. parentage, forty years of age, sft. Sni/hig//*welr built, fair moustache, shaves on cheeks, usullly grows a light-coloured goatee, dark curly hair, grey jfyes, small piece out of the lobe of left ear, Roman nose, fond of drink, and very talkative. He is supposed to have gone to Coromandel.

Auckland. Thomas Garlick is charged on warrant of apprehension with disobeying an order of Court made on the Bth to day' ss. a week towards the maintenance cftfpach, qy his tjnree children. Description: A native of N low Zealand, forty-three years of age, about sft. 4in. higft, swarthy complexion, light brown hair, darkblue eyes, TG and ddt tattooed on right arm, scar on nose and on ball of right thumb. (See Police Gazette, 1891, page 192, and 1894, page 193.) The sum of £l4l was in arrears up to the 7th October, 1896.

Carterton. —George Vickerstaff is charged on warrant with having deserted his wiffi since the 14th June, 1896. Description >, English; thirty-six years of age, sft. Bin. high, well built, fair hair complexion, may be cleanshaved, a labour^r^usually works as benchman at sawmills. His brother, John Vickerstaff, is a miner at Coromandel.

Napier. —Edward McSherry is charged on warrant to arrest with failing to provide for the maintenance of his illegitimate child by Margaret Elizabeth Hudson, since about March last. a watchmaker, twenty five years of age, high, medium build, dark-broWp h<Meau-skavefll ipxiCept fair moustache, lightblue downfall old so&flTAwiorehead and brown birth-mark on throat near or shirt-collar, smart lively manner. He travelled routine the country for Williams and Co., watchmakers, of Waipawa, doing repairs and obtaining orders, and is now supposed to have gone to Wanganui or Auckland. His father is an Inspector of Permanent-way for the Railway Department at Hamilton or Cambridge. Photograph of accused at Inspector’s Office, Napier.

(See Police Gazette, 1896, page 151.)

Palmerston North. —Henry Walter Dixon, charged with wife-desertion, has been arrested by Constable T. Hickman, Pungayehu police, and remanded to Palmerston North.

(See Police Gazette, 1896, pages 201 and 208.)

Wellington. —Henry Burton, charged with wife-deser-tion, has been arrested at Napier by Detective W. L. Chrystal, on information supplied by the Wellington police.

Havelock (Marlborough). —William Guest is charged on warrant of to the Terrace (Wellington) Gaol for disobeving g,n/ojmer oL-Court to pay Bs. a month towards the suppmpt hi/ his motbjei:. -Description: A native of New Zealand'/a Wfoat&p, aoout twenty-seven years of age, sft. Bin. high, small features, long fair moustache. Offender lefehis employment at Ohingaiti soon after being summoned, and was seen in Wellington on the 2nd ultimo. He was then dressed in a black sac coat and vest, grey-tweed trousers, and soft black hat.

(See Police Gazette, 1896, pages 167 and 175.)

Christchurch. —Robert Boswell, charged with failing to provide for the future maintenance of his unborn illegitimate child : This warrant has been cancelled.

(See Police Gazette, 1895, pages 47 and 55; and 1896, page ./ 23.) Christchurch. —Frederick William Ansley, charged with deserting his two children, has been arrested at Wanganui by Sergeant E. Villars, on information supplied by the Christchurch police, and remanded to Christchurch.

(See Police Gazette, 1896, page 93.)

Christchurch. —John Napier, charged with disobeying an order of Court for the support of his wife and children, has been arrested by Constable J. Clifford, Waihi police, and remanded to Christchurch.

Ophir. —Dy Chung is charged on warrant to apprehend with failing to support his illegitimate children by Mary Howard, since the 23rd December, 1896. Description: A Chinese miner, forty two years of age, sft. 3in. high, stout build, very fair complexion, slight burn-scar on left side of face, rather good-looking, well educated, speaks good English ; stylishly dressed in a greyish-tweed coat, black-tweed trousers and vest, and soft black-felt hat; wears the usual pigtail ; smart appearance. He is supposed to have gone to Dunedin, where bis brother works at Wy Kee’s, Walker Street; or may visit Hokitika, where he kept a store some years ago, and has money owing to him.