Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXII, Issue 20, 28 September 1898, Page 164

Extracts from New Zealand Gazette.

(From Gazette, 1898, pages 1466, 1468, 1510, and 1512.)

“ The Arms Act, 1880.” —Fee of £1 for Dealer's License reimposed in North Island.

RANFURLY, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of September, 1898. Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council. IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by “The Arms Act 1880,” and of all other powers and authorities in this behalf enabling b ; m, His Excellency the Governor of fcbe Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke that portion of a certain Order in Council made and issued under the said Act on the twenty-fifth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and now in force, which provides that from and after the date therein mentioned “ the fee of one pound payable in respect of a dealer’s license in the Form B in the First Schedule to the said Act shall no longer be chargeable ”; and in further pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities aforesaid, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, his said Excellency doth hereby order and declare that from and after the day on which this Order shall be in force the fee to be paid to a licensing officer under the said Act for a dealer’s license in the Form B in the First Schedule thereto, in the district contained within the North Island of New Zealand and the adjacent smaller islands, shall be one pound; and also doth hereby vary and alter the fees prescribed by the Second Schedule to the said Act for a dealer’s license in the Form B accordingly; a.nd, lastly, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities aforesaid, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby declare that this Order shall be in force in the district hereinbefore mentioned from and after the first day of November now next ensuing. ALEX. WILLIS, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Inspector of Factories appointed. Department of Labour, Wellington, 18th September, 1898. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned person to be an Inspector under “ The Factories Act, 1894,” and to assign to him the district set opposite his name, viz.:— Name. District. Constable Archibald McPhee The North Island of the Colony of New Zealand, and the islands adjacent thereto. R. J. SEDDON, Minister of Labour.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Counties of Bay of Islands, Hokianga, Whangaroa, and Mongonui, appointed. Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 16th September, 1898. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable James Ulysses Browne to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” and the Acts amending the same, for the Counties of Bay of Islands, Hokianga, Whangaroa, and Mongonui, vice Constable Douglass Gordon. J. CARROLL.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Borough of Arrowtown, appointed. Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 19 th September, 1898. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Constable Denis Treacy to be an Inspector of Weights a,nd Measures under “The Weights and Measures Act, 1868,” and the Acts amending the same, for the Borough of Arrowtown, vice Constable John Mclntyre. J. CARROLL.

Police Gaoler appointed. Department of Justice (Prisons Branch), Wellington, 15th September, 1898. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Constable James Ulysses Browne to be Police Gaoler at Bussell, vice Constable Douglass Gordon, transferred. T. THOMPSON, Minister of Justice.

Clerks of Court appointed. Department of Justice, Wellington, 16th September, 1898. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint District Constable Thomas Whitty to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Cheviot, from the Ist day of September instant, vice J. T. Hullen, resigned; Constable Denis Treacy to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Arrowtown, from the 15th day of September instant, vice Constable J. Mclntyre, transferred; and Constable James Ulysses Browne to be Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Russell, from the 13th day of September instant, vice Constable D. Gordon, transferred. T. THOMPSON.

Sale of Unclaimed Property . Police Department (Commissioner’s Office), Wellington, 9th September, 1898. THE unclaimed property described hereunder, and now in possession of the police at the stations named, will, unless previously claimed, be sold by public auction at the respective police - offices on Monday, the 10th October proximo, at noon, in accordance with the police regulations : Auckland : Two coats, double-barrelled gun, bracelet, and sundries. Napier : Small gold brooch, mackintosh coat, and purse. New Plymouth : Revolver, tent, and sundries. Wellington: Umbrella, Waterbury watch, blue overcoat,, box of clothes, and sundries. Blenheim : Saddle and stirrups, silver Geneva watch, and steel chain. Christchurch: Silver lever hunting-watch, two metal watches, gold brooch, gold ring, gold pin, two bicycles, single-barrelled gun, and sundries. Dunedin: Three boas, revolver, five umbrellas, and sundries. Invercargill: Three brooches, parcel of dress-material, rug, and sundries. J. B. TUNBRIDGE, Commissioner of Police.

By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.

Gaol. Name. VV here tried. When. | Offence. Sentence. Native of T rade. Born Height Com- ! plexion Hair. Eyes. Nose. Remarks, and Previous Convictions. Auckland ... .John Brockbank Auckland Aug. 29,1893 wounding with intent bound over and discharged 6 months ... ... ft .in. See Police Gazette, 1898, page 68. Auckland ... Patrick Matthew Molloy Onehunga ... Mar. 7, 1898 assault See Police Gazette, 1898, page 58. Auckland ... Thomas Francis Wilson Auckland July 7, 1898 vagrancy 2 months ... See Police Gazette, 1898, page 78. Auckland ... William John Hermitage Auckland June 8,1898 drunk and disorderly 1 month England ... fireman 1876 5 6£ pale light blown dark hr. medium assaulting police 2 months Scotland ... fireman fresh hazel Auckland ... Henry Ruddy Auckland June 8,1898 drunk and disorderly [ month ■873 5 23 light brown medium Auckland ... 8, 1898 assaulting police 2 months England ... fair hazel thick James Charles Dilly... Auckland June drunk and disorderly 1 month fireman '873 5 •63 red assaulting police 2 months fresh Auckland ... John Warwood Auckland June 8, 1898 drunk and disorderly 1 month N. Zealand fireman 1876 5 3i dark brown large, medium Auckland ... Auckland assaulting police 2 months blue Jeremiah Driscoll, illicit Travers, Aug. 25, 1898 breach of by-law fine, or 14 days Photographed at Lyttelton, 30.12.80. (See Police Auckland ... &c. Henry Williams, alias Joseph Auckland July 9, 1898 theft 2 months Gazette, 1898, page 133.) See Police Gazette* 1808. Daere 108. Auckland ... Williamson George Everard Bentley Auckland Aug. 29, 1898 criminal libel bound over and disSee Police Gazette . 1808. nacre =;o. Auckland ... charged fair Harry Thompson, alias Schmidt Auckland Aug. 12, 1898 obscene language .. i month Denmark ... butcher and 1874 5 63 light brown blue broad p.c. Stout build : large mouth: long scar on Auckland ... Constantine Melville, alias MeliAuckland Aug. 29, 1898 breach of Bankruptcy 6 months’ prohat’n Greece labourer restaurant1866 5 s3 sallow black dark br. flat left arm. Photographed at Auckland, 3.1.95. Pimple over right eve: cuDning and scars on Auckland ... gonis Act keeper pale Ernest Frederick Leathart Auckland July 29, 1898 exposure of person .. 6 months Sydney printer 1866 5 53 light brown dk. blue broken Scar on left middle finger. Portion of sentence Auckland ... fresh William Andrew Clarke, alias Thames Aug. 23, 1898 theft 1 month Auckland ... labourer 1877 5 dark brown blue small Auckland ,. Powdrell Auckland Aug. 29, 1898 horse-stealing 12 months’ prob’n fresh Henry Baker Auckland Aug. IS, 1898 stowaway 1 month ... Tasmania ... painter 1873 5 Si dark brown grey thick Large mouth; heart and clasped hands and H B on Auckland ... George Garland Auckland Aug. 15, 1898 stowaway 1 month Ireland ... sailmaker 1869 S 83 fresh, freckled dark brown dark br. long right arm. Vase of flowers on left arm; female bust on right Auckland ... William Miller Auckland Aug. 15, 1898 stowaway 1 month England ... labourer 1869 5 43 fresh black dk. grey medium Stout build; female, girl, and wreath on right Auckland ... N. Zealand spieler and sandy Henry Wilmott, alias Burrows, Auckland Nov. 22, 1897 armed with felonious 12 months 1870 5 8 light brown brown pointed alias Graham, alias Jackson, intent, and attemptengineer arm. Photographed at Auckland, 20.5.96. &c. ing to break and Auckland ... Henry St. George Sloan Auckland Nov. 22, 1897 theft 12 months America ... painter 1863 5 4* fresh dark brown large, Roman 6p.c. Slight build: two scars on left arm PhotoAuckland ... Walter Thomas Keene, alias sallow dark br. Auckland Nov. 22, 1897 housebreaking 12 months England ... labourer 1831 S 5 grey It. blue long No teeth. Auckland .. ibomas Styles Ioapa Tepuni Gisborne Feb. 22, 1897 forgery 2 years N. Zealand labourer >875 5 83 copper black dark br. flat Stout build; PEKAMA on right arm; tattooAuckland .. Arthur Herbert Orpen sallow Auckland Aug. 29, 1898 murder acquitted at S.C.... England ... surgeon 1833 5 5 grey dk. grey medium Slight build. Auckland ... Ralph Henry Shepperson Aratapu Aug. 20, 1898 ship-desertion 14 days England ... ship’s cook 1877 S 3l fair red grey thick Female bust on chest; half-bracelet on right wrist: Eleanor Emma Norman theft 14 days sallow Auckland ... Auckland Sept. l6, 1898 mischief discharged England ... nurse 1856 s 0 dark brown brown medium Scar near left ear. Auckland ... Charles Frederick Smith Auckland May 6, 1898 breach of by-law fine, or 4 days N. Zealand cabman 1878 s 8i fresh dark brown grey thin Scar (faint) and dot on right arm. Arrested 15th Auckland ... Matthew McNelies ... Hawera Sept. |6, 1898 breach of Bankruptcy remanded to Scotland ... farmer and 1853 s 7i fresh black steelmedium Getting bald: scar centre of forehead. Gisborne ... Act Hawera saddler fair grey William Feary Gisborne Sept. 12, 1898 drunkenness 48 hours N. Zealand labourer 1872 5 8 brown grey medium Napier John James Cronin, alias James Napier Aug. 30, 1898 drunkenness fine, or 7 days Ireland labourer 1857 5 5i fair brown blue medium 3 p.c. Large mouth ; left third and fourth fingers Napier .. Sullivan fair William Carlson Dannevirke .. Aug. 13, 1S98 rogue and vagabond... 1 month Sweden sailor 1867 5 ioJ light brown hazel large Anchor and 1867 on left arm ; anchor on right arm and between left thumb and finger. (See Napier Archibald McAlister Napier Aug. 15, 1898 obscenelanguage 1 month Police Gazette, 1897, page 118.) See Police Gazette, 1898. page 150. refusing to quit fine, or 7 days Napier drunkenness fine, or 24 hours dark, William Milligan Napier Sept. 13, 1898 drunkenness fine, or 48 hours ... Ireland farmer 1863 S I I black bluelong 2 p.c. Large mouth; top of right middle finger N.Plymouth John Yates sallow grey N. Plymouth June 6, 1898 vagrancy 3 months See Police Gazette, 1898, page 109. Wanganui... James Moody Ponton Wanganui ... Sept. 24, 1895 arson 4 years France coach1856 5 3 sallow brown blue broken Scar on first left finger and on right knee. Photopainter graphed at Wanganui, 30.9.95. Wanganui... George Taylor ... Palmerston N. April 4, 1898 indecency 6 months Scotland ... baker 1848 S S fresh grey hazel large Nail of left great toe gone; no upper front teeth ; • varicose veins in each leg.

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM GAOLS DURING THE FORTNIGHT ENDED 17th SEPTEMBER, 1898.

Gaol. Name. Where tried. • When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Born. Height. Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Remarks, and Previous Convictions. Wanganui... William Lorenz Wanganui ... Sept. 5, 1898 theft 6 months’ prob’n ... Prussia labourer 1867 ft.in. 5 3t fresh brown brown medium Brown scar on breast; burn-scar on left temple Wellington George Dale Ellis Napier Feb. IS. 1897 forgery and uttering (2 charges) 2 years N. Zealand cook and sailor 1873 5 Si dark, sallow dark brown brown pug and cheek. 5 P.c. (See Police Gazette, 1897, page 36.) Wellington Frank Reid ... Pahiatua June 11, 1898 indecency 3 months England ... labourer 1846 S 7i fresh grey brown medium Partly bald in front of head. Wellington John Kilgour ||( Wellington ... June 18, 1896 theft 3 months Ireland labourer 1858 5 3i fair auburn grey medium raise chgs) 3 months current. Wellington William Henderson ... Wellington ... June 16, 1898 vagrancy 3 months England ... carpenter 1836 5 61 fair brown blue large 10 p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1897, page 194.) Wellington Thomas Nash ... Wellington ... Aug. IS, 189S theft 1 month England ... musician - 1866 S ii fair brown grey small Blind in right eye; bust of woman on left wrist. Wellington Charles Estall ... Wellington ... Sept. 2, 1898 obscene exposure 14 days N. Zealand telegraphist 1862 S 9 fresh brown, turnblue large JESSIE on right arm; anchor, heart, arrow, &c., Wellington Thomas Jones Wellington ... Sept. 3, 1898 theft 14 days .0 ing grey on left arm. See Police Gazette, 1898, page 126. Wellington Herbert Turnham ... Wellington ... Nov. IS, '897 theft from the person 12 months Victoria ... traveller 1867 s 2i fresh brown grey medium Wellington Patrick Campbell ... Napier Feb. 12, 1894 rape 5 years Ireland sailor 1873 5 2i fresh dark auburn dk.grey thick 3 p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1893, page 179.) Wellington John J. Frost ... Wellington ... Sept. 7, 1898 defaultof maintenance remanded Ireland clerk i860 S 4i florid brown blue medium Wellington Mary Collins, alias Ah alias Smith, &c. Moy, Wellington ... Aug. IS, 1898 drunkenness 1 month Ireland prostitute i860 S 3 fresh dark brown blue pug 9 P.c. (See Police Gazette, i8gs, page 134.) Wellington Sarah Jones Wellington ... Sept. 7, 1898 deserting children acquitted at S.C. ... N. Zealand 1858 5 3 sallow brown, turnIt. blue medium Two scars on forehead; scar on right cheek. Westport ... John Drumm Naseby Sept. 9, 1898 default of maintenance remanded N. Zealand tailor 1877 S 8 dark ing grey brown grey large Bailed. Lyttelton ... John Kerr Douglas, alias Christchurch Aug. 23, 1898 illegally betting 14 days N. Zealand watchmaker 1875 5 mi fresh light brown grey medium Lyttelton ... Graham Sept. 1, 1898 illegally betting fine, or 14 day's Ireland Patrick Falvey Lyttelton Aug. 30, 1898 vagrancy 7 days seaman 1855 ? si florid red grey medium Tattoo-spot on left hand; ring on second left Lyttelton ... Boyle, alias Boyd, Harold Ashburton ... Aug. 8, 1898 assault fine, or 14 days Ireland labourer 1871 5 ioi fresh brown blue long finger. 1 p.c. Large mouth; knockkneed ; crosseyed. Lyttelton ... Richard Dawson Christchurch Nov. IS, 1897 arson 12 months England ... clerk 1873 5 7l fresh brown blue large Scar on each side of neck. Photographed at LytLyttelton ... Alfred Graham, alias Chicken ’’ Annie Murdock, alias Per “ The Christchurch Sept. 8, 1898 theft committed for trial See Police Gazette, 1898, page 158. Lyttelton ... ry ... Christchurch Sept. S, 1898 drunkenness fine, or 7 days See Police Gazette, 1898, pages 60 and 69. Lyttelton ... Robert Simpson Lyttelton Aug. 30, 1898 theft 14 days Photographed at Lyttelton, 6.9.98. (See Police Lyttelton ... William Godfrey Christchurch Aug. 31, 1898 theft 14 days N. Zealand labourer 1878 5 7i fresh dark brown grey medium Gazette, 1898, pages 8 and 151.) Scar on forehead. Lyttelton ... Harry Balen.u/iur HouriValley, Christchurch April 9, 1898 theft 6 months France plumber 1845 S ol dark grey brow n drooped, 5 p.c. Scar near right eye; several cuts on foreLyttelton ... alius Henry Valille Christchurch June 16, 1898 theft 3 months pointed Denis Patrick Mahoney ... Photographed at Lyttelton, 6.9.98. (See Police Lyttelton ... Elizabeth Adams Christchurch Aug. 16,1898 drunkenness 1 month Gazette, 1898, page 42.) See Police Gazette, 1898, pages 86 and 151. Lyttelton ... Patrick Coffey Christchurch Sept. 9, 1898 indecency 7 days Ireland labourer 1838 5 7 fresh grey It. blue large Stout build; bald. Lyttelton ... David Little Little River... Sept. 14, 1898 sheep-stealing committed for trial England ... butcher 1839 5 i°3 fresh brown, turnblue medium Purple spots on hands. Baited. Lyttelton ... Annie F. Davis, alias Dudfield Christchurch Aug. 17, 1898 drunkenness fine, or 24 hours ... ing grey See Police Gazette, 1898, pages 31 and 69. Christchurch Aug. vagrancy 1 month N. Zealand Lyttelton ... Clara Green 17. 189S vagrancy 1 month prostitute 1871 S si dark brown grey large Slight build ; scar on right arm and on neck. Lyttelton ... John Black, aZiar EdwardArthur Ashburton Aug. 17, 1898 theft 1 month Sentences concurrent. Photographed at LyttelOamaru ... Ryder, alias Wilson Oamaru Aug. 30, 1898 theft 1 month England ... Thomas Wedlake theft 14 days labourer 1858 S 9l fresh brown grey medium Since committed to Seacliff Asylum. Dunedin ... William O’Connor ... Roxburgh ... June 13, 1898 theft (7 charges) 3 months ... Dunedin ... baker 1880 5 3 fresh dark brown blue medium Sentences concurrent. Dunedin ... Edward Martin Dunedin ... June 17,1898 drunkenness fine, or 7 days Ireland labourer 1873 5 4 fresh fair hazel medium 24 p.c. Photographed at Dunedin, 26.4.92. (See Dunedin ... John McCosker, alias MeOamaru Aug. 19,1898 resisting police 3 months Ireland trespass 1 month labourer 1864 5 5 fresh dark brown brown medium, One joint off first right finger; lame on left leg. Cluskey, &c. assault 1 month pug (See Police Gazette, 1898, page 117.) Dunedin ... Eugene Le Pais Dunedin Aug. 30, 189S absence from ship i « 1 7 days America ... seaman i860 5 8 sallow lightbrown hazel medium Squint left eye; sailor, flag, and anchors on right arm; coat of arms, ship, sailor, and shield on left arm.

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

Gaol. Name. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Born Height Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Remarks, and Previous Convictions. Dunedin ... Hugh Whyte Dunedin Aug. 29, 1898 breaking and entering N. Zealand 1887 ft.in. 4 8 brown brown brown broad Committed to industrial school. Dunedin ... William Bernard Cahill Dunedin Aug. 2g, 1898 theft and receiving ... acquitted at S.C. ... Dunedin ... clerk 1865 See Police Gazette, 1898, page 118. Invercargill Annie Jones Riverton June 14,1898 obscene language 3 months ... Ireland prostitute 1843 S 0 fresh dark brown, brown medium 5 P-c. Cut on right forefinger. I nvercargill Mary Martin Riverton June 17,1898 obscene language 3 months Ireland matron 1871 5 i fair turning grey brown grey small Small chin ; two small moles on cheek. Invercargill Frank John Mangan Invercargill ... Aug. 3', 1898 theft 14 days Australia ... labourer 1850 5 8 fair fair, turning grey broken I p.c. Shortland ... William Boyle Thames Aug. 30, 1898 drunk and disorderly fine, or 48 hours ... N. Zealand blacksmith 1867 S 81 grey brown grey medium Small scar on nose. Shortland ... W’illiam Edward Mathers Thames Sept. 2,1898 obscene language false pretences 7 days fine, or 14 days England ... storeman 1857 S 7 fresh dark brown blue medium Third right finger bent.

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