Deserting Wives and Families, &c.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXII, Issue 17, 17 August 1898, Page 138

Deserting Wives and Families, &c.

(See Police Gazette , 1898, page 106.)/ Auckland. —John Ready, charged with wife-desertion, has been arrested by Constable N. Scott, Aratapu police, and remanded to Auckland.

(See Police Gazette, 1896, page 183; and 1897, page 45.) Auckland. —Alexander Melrose, charged with disobeying an order of Court for the support of his wife, has been arrested by Constable B. Sheehan, Whangarei police, on information supplied from the district office, and remanded to Auckland.

\Velliwgton. —fGeorge Greenwood is charged on warrant of commitment ifcVjsix weeks’ labour for disobeying an order of Court to paytlUs. mnweft]| towards the support of his wife. Description : agent, forty years of age, 5 ft. 8 in. high, ylwM complexion, fair hair, blue eyes, sandy moustilcty® only,lrespectable appearance. Last heard of at Auckland, where*be is well known to the police, but no trace of him can be obtained there. If he pays £5 17s. 6d., arrears to the 2nd June last, he may be discharged.

(See Police Gazette, 1898, pages 45 and 113.) > Wellington. Thomas Dupuis, charged with wife desertion : This warrant has been cancelled.

Christchurch. —John Joseph King is charged on warrant with disobeying an order of Court to pay 7s. a week towards the support of his illegitimate child. Description : liish, a travelling saddler, thirty-two years of age, 5 ft. 1 in. high, slight build, pale complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, long features, dark moustache. (See Police Gazette, 1898, pages 45 and 107.) Last seen in Christchurch about two months ago. The sum of £1 7s. is in arrears.

Christchurch. —Ralph Siumson is charged on warrant of commitment to Lyttelton /yaSft for onenjbnth’s labour for disobeying an order of CcfcuDj/to pay. m a week towards the support of England, fifty-efgfot /Hates ofjjilltf 5/it,. 10 in. high, slight build, pale deeacerfeirue eyes, grey hair, white beard whiskersMrnd moustache, a cook and baker by trade. Has two brothers, blacksmiths, at Ashburton, and a sister, Mrs. Preece, at Timaru.

Christchurch.— John Percivai Kerr is charged on warrant with failing to provide for the maintenance of his illegitimate child. Description: A native of New Zealand, a sailor, twenty years of age, slight build, sft. 6 in. or 7 in. high, fair complexion, brown hair, clean shaved. His father is a stoker on one of the Union Company’s steamers.