Offences not otherwise Described.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXI, Issue 2, 20 January 1897, Page 11

Offences not otherwise Described.

J (See Police Gazette, 1896, pages 133 and 141.)

Dargaville. —William Watkins, half-caste Maori, charged with rape on Martha Morgan : A reward of £lO is now offered by the Government for information leading to the arrest of this offender. He was hiding in the Kaibu Ranges, and is supposed to have gone to Hokianga, where he has relatives named Hardyman, or he may be gum-digging with another half-caste named Robert Leaf. The latter is described as thirty-two years of age, sft. 9in. high, slender build, long features, dark moustache only.

Auckland. —Annan., napped McNeil or Long is charged on warrant with/the theft*' on silver lever hunting-wateri, of Kincaid Alexander, wJfjjosrS narfld/4nd t)?4\voij#lsA‘ Fredei'ick Street, Roslyn, Dunedin,’/are in&ide f value £(5. Accused is between twenty afijoTifcwen years of age, about sft. 6in. high, medium/tyuild, I'Wuty complexion; fair hair, very slight fair InoustaJche only j wore a blue-serge suit, with brass buttons on vest, and a light-tweed He obtained the loan of the watch from complainant, and has not been seen since.

Auckland. —Hapeta'ls qharged on warrantyvith having, on the 21st October, 1896, gorged the signature/)! Hare Werohia to a mqneyfprder thirty-fiveMio forty ye^r p of stout build, black srhall black moustyfcnyonly, plump face, small eyes, scar under right'one ; dressed in a light sac-suit, and white-straw hat with black band.

Stratford. —Robert Henry Adam Whyte is charged on warrant with the theft as receiver, at Stratford, of £25, moneys of the Bank of New Zealand—viz. : £6 10s. on the 24th January, 1896; £5 on Ist June, 1896 ;£4 on 26th June, 1896; £3 on 13th August, 1896 ; and £7 on 7th September, 1896. Description : Scotch, a bank clerk, twenty-eight years of age, about

sft. BJin. high, stout build, dull sallow complexion, lightbrown hair, small light-brown moustache, signs of baldness from forehead backwards, massive forehead, large head, strong, large, and rather irregular features ; usually dresses in a heavy brown-tweed knicker suit, remarkable slouched white-straw hat with puggery, or ordinary round hard black hat. Accused received the above amounts from one William Smaller, carpenter, of Stratford, but failed to account for them. He was subsequently stationed at Patea, and left there on the 25th ultimo for Auckland, where he has relatives. It is expected that further defalcations will be discovered. Information laid by Henry Curnow, bank manager, of Stratford, under section 220 of “The Criminal Code, 1893.” Not to be arrested out of the colony.

Poxton. —Michael Welsh is charged yfi warrant with having assaulted John Raibbow Stan'sdll, hotelkeeper, on the 21st ultimo. Descriptions <c^om&\ 1 a l&bbprer, about twenty-one years of- age, j/a. 2in. fight-brown hair, fair moustache, peduliar nowas if broken, stout build, broad shoulders; dressed in a dark-brown tweed suit. He went in the direction of Bull’s.

(See Police Gazette, 1895, page 129; and 1896, page 25.) Greytown North. Fred Wright, charged with false pretences on Annie Pole, has been arrested by Constable J. Eccleton. Charge withdrawn.

Lyttelton. —William Clarke, fisherman, reports that on the 24th or 25th ultimo his boat was wilfully and maliciously damaged to the extent of £4 10s. Suspicion attached to Arthur Wright and Alfred George Driscoll. (For description, see Police Gazette, 1896, pages 124 and 154.)