Extract from New South Wales Police Gazette.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXIV, Issue 3, 31 January 1900, Page 26

Extract from New South Wales Police Gazette.

(From Gazette, 1900, page 20.)

Missing from 120, Womerah Avenue, since about seven weeks ago, Charles Clare Sefton, forty-eight years of age, 5 ft. 6 in. high, stout, thick-set, fair complexion, darkbrown hair, ginger moustache only, usually wears spectacles, pupil of right eye enlarged; well dressed. Recently employed at Hordern Brothers, Pitt Street, and at David Jones and Co., as shopwalker or buyer; drinks heavily. At various times has expressed an intention of committing suicide. May possibly have gone to New Zealand. Information to Mrs. Sefton, 150, Flinders Street.

Gaol, and Name of Prisoner. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Born. Height Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Remarks, and Previous Convictions. Auckland— . | ft. Emma Skiventon Auckland 9/12/99 16/1/00 illegally on premises .. drunkenness .. 1 month fine, or 48 hours Auckland .. 1867 4 9 sallow .. dark brown hazel .. large 3 p.c. Right leg ulcerated. (See Police Gazette, 1899, page 224.) 23 p.o. Stout build ; scar on nose. (See Police Ga - Alfred Ashenden Auckland 9/10/99 theft 3 months England .. labourer 1862 5 8* fair fair grey .. broad Walter Mark Kenny Auckland 10/1/00 assault discharged Auckland .. fisherman .. 1879 5 fresh .. dark brown grey .. long zette, 1898, page 212.) 6 p.c. Stout build ; coat-of-arms and cross on left arm ; cross, bird on tree, WK, and anchor on right arm. (See Police Gazette, 1898, page 183.) 2 p.c. Mole on right cheek; clasped hands, heart, Thomas Henry, alias Thos. Henry Calvert Whangarei .. 12/10/99 theft 3 months Auckland .. labourer 1875 5 5 fair light brown dk. blue long and TRUE LOVE on breast; ship, flags, &c., on Walter Woodcock Auckland 23/11/96 wounding a horse 4 years England .. labourer 1859 5 6 pale dark brown bluebroad left arm. (See Police Gazette, 1896, page 145 ) 2 p.c. Pimple below left eye and two on chin; scar grey on head. Photographed at Auckland, 10/1/00. Wilfred Wellesley Wilson Auckland 30/12/99 fighting fine, or 14 days Christch’ch labourer 1878 5 7 fresh .. dark brown brown .. thick, (See Police Gazette, 1881, page 58.) 13 p.c. Anchor (faint), heart, and clasped hands on broken right arm ; several dots on left arm; soar on left William Inkster.. Auckland 15/12/99 drunk and disorderly .. 1 month Auckland .. labourer 1868 5 8§ fresh .. light brown dk. grey small, flat ear. (See Police Gazette, 1899, page 271.) 23 p.c. Stout build ; scar on left thumb and right of Norah Williams, alias Clegg Auckland 15/12/99 habitual drunkenness.. 1 month Ireland prostitute .. 1852 5 0 fresh .. black, curly hazel .. small head. (See Police Gazette, 1899, page 214.) 125 p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1899, page 253.) Augustus Isidol Rookstrow Auckland .. 29/5/99 theft (2 charges) 9 mo. on each N. Zealand engineer .. 1878 5 7J fair light brown hazel .. thin 2 p.c. Large scar on head and one on right forehousebreaking 9 months finger. Photographed at Auckland, 10/1/00. (See Robert Howson .. Auckland 29/5/99 murder (concurrent) life England .. » • • 1819 5 7f fair grey dk. blue long Police Gazette, 1899, page 16.) Getting bald ; no upper teeth ; blind left eye ; R on Thomas Beamish Auckland 18/11/99 begging 2 months Ireland gardener .. 1857 5 5 fresh . i light brown brown .. thick left arm. Died 15th January, 1900. A lower front tooth out; pimple corner of right eye; James Thomas Trueman .. Auckland 18/10/99 assault .. i. 3 months England .. expressman 1860 5 2 fresh *. black . dk. grey medium third and little right fingers stiff. 5 p.c. Three upper front teeth out; right leg been Jas. Johnson, alias Wilson, alias Mullins Auckland 18/10/99 vagrancy 3 months Ireland bootmaker .. 1844 5 5i sallow.. grey grey .. broad broken. (See Police Gazette, 1899, page 202.) 12 p.c. D on right breast; BC on left side ; anchor, cross, &c., on right arm ; scar on left wrist. (See Hori Patene Gisborne 10/8/99 theft 6 months N. Zealand shepherd .. 1862 5 7 copper.. black dark br. broad Police Gazette, 1899, page 234.) Stout build ; asthmatic; MARE W A on chest ; scar under left eye and near left ear ; pimple left of Rota Kopua Gisborne 10/8/99 thoft 6 months N. Zealand labourer 1865 5 Si copper.. black dark br. broad nose. Stout build; faint scar centre of forehead and one Charles O’Meara Hart, alias William O’Meara Auckland .. 20/11/99 drunk and disorderly .. assaulting police fine, or 24 hours 2 months Ireland ;. gardener .. 1841 5 6f fresh .. light brown grey .. large near left wrist. 2 p.c. Wide nostrils; four upper front teeth out; bald ; ruptured. Napier — 1 ' William Hoskins Marriott Napier 8/1/OOjutteriDg forged tickets corn’d for trial N. Zealand tailor 1876 5 n pale dark brown hazel .. long, Slight build ; small chin ; long nostrils ; high cheeksquare at point bones ; hollow cheeks ; anchor, cross, and heart (with AIA) on left arm ; four dots on left arm ; two blue marks on left hand ; ship and wreath on i right arm ; birth-mark on abdomen ; round scar near right nostril ; rabbit and pigeon on left leg; Simeon Stairmand Napier 21/12/99 disobeying maintenance 1 month order ! *' ' •• 1 •• 1 scar on rim of right ear. Bailed. 2 p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1900, page 9.)

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM GAOLS DURING THE FORTNIGHT ENDED 20th JANUARY, 1900.

Gaol, and Name of Prisoner. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Born. A tL 1 *5> H Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Remarks, and Previous Convictions. New Plymouth — ft. in. long Roderick McKenzie, alias Hawera 1/1/00 breaking and entering remanded N. Zealand labourer 1876 5 5* pale brown grey .. See Police Gazette, 1900, page 9. R. B. Williams Wanganui— 2 p.o. Lower jaw protrudes; cast in left eye; left James Humphrey Palmerston N. 29/12/99 vagrancy 14 days France cook 1819 5 1 sallow .. grey hazel .. broken .. thumb injured. John Stretch Wanganui .. 29/11/99 breach of Licensing Act 1 month England .. chimneysw’p 1866 5 3 sallow .. grey brown .. large 4 p.c. Left leg has been broken. James MoGibbon, alias Hunterville .. 14/10/99 resisting police 3 months Ireland carpenter .. 1854 5 8* fresh .. brown hazel .. medium McKibbin William Edwards Wellington — Wanganui .. 10/7/99 theft 6 months N. Zealand labourer 1863 5 3* fresh .. dark brown brown .. brown .. long 1 p.c. (See Police Gazette , 1898, page 157.) 2 p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1892, page 170.) George Howe Wellington .. 24/3/99 keeping a brothel 12 months China gardener .. 1862 5 3i olive .. black small David Dick Greytown .. 10/11/99 procuring liquor for a 2 months Ireland labourer 1839 5 4 fresh .. grey grey .. large 1 p.c. Scars on forehead; bald. Sentences concurprohibited person drunk in oharge of a 2 months rent. horse and cart John Tracey Pahiatua 16/12/99 drunkenness.. 28 days Ireland labourer 1859 5 8* fair red blue .. medium Arms and hands freckled ; hair thin in front. Daniel Coakley .. Wellington .. 2/1/00 assault and robbery .. corn’d for trial N. Zealand groom 1875 5 2* dark .. black brown .. regular .. Blue mark on left arm. Bailed. Victor Anderson.. Wellington .. 26/12/99 deserting ship remanded Finland .. seaman 1870 5 3 fair fair blue .. medium Scar on nose. John Prior Donnelly Wellington .. 8/1/001 theft (2 charges) remanded Ireland farmer 1853 5 7$ florid .. grey grey .. large Partly bald. Sidney Stanfield Smith .. Palmerston N. 8/1/00 theft 14 days N. Zealand flaxmillhand tailor 1886 5 6 sallow .. dark brown grey .. small Freckled. Sent to Cavereham Industrial School. Edward Myer Myers Wellington .. 15/1/00 theft (2 charges) 3 mo. probation England .. 1878 5 H dark .. black brown .. large, oblique large Frederick Arnold Wellington .. 22/12/99 assault resisting police assault theft 1 month 1 month 1 month 2 months N. Zealand labourer 1863 5 5 dark .. dark grey .. Numerous p.c. Sentences concurrent. James Dunn Wellington .. 22/11/99 England .. fireman 1867 5 54 fair .. light brown, grey .. medium Blue coal-mark on right hand; burn-mark on left turning grey wrist. Margaret Hyland Wellington .. 3/1/00' keeping a brothel fine, or 6 weeks Ireland prostitute .. 1857 5 0 dark .. dark brown brown .. medium 1 p.c. Fine paid. Picton — Scar on third right finger ; ruptured. George Belaud .. Blenheim 8/1/00 drunkenness .. fine, or 1 month England .. baker 1831 5 4i dark .. grey hazel .. broad Patrick Murphy Blenheim .. 8/1/00 drunkenness .. ., fine, or 14 days Ireland labourer 1857 5 74 fresh .. light brown grey .. flat Scar on jaw ; arm been broken. (See Police Gazette, 1899, page 18.) Peter Collins Picton 8/1/00 drunkenness .. fine, or 14 days England .. miner 1852 5 6i fresh .. light brown hazel .. medium Scar on forehead, throat, and left wrist; stout build. Scar on left cheek ; lump on right side of neck. (See Police Gazette, 1895, page 8.) 1 p.c. Lump on back of neck ; scar on chin. (See Thomas Campbell Blenheim 11/1/00 obscene language 7 days England .. flax-dresser 1860 5 3£ fresh .. dark brown, turning grey grey .. medium Richard Mathers Blenheim .. 17/1/00 drunkenness .. fine, or 24 hours Ireland .; labourer 1867 5 104 dark .. dark dk. grey large Police Gazette, 1897, page 218.) John Frederick Lund Blenheim .. 11/1/00 drunkenness .. fine, or 24 hours Sweden engineer 1854 5 8* fresh .. light brown, dk. grey large For marks, see Police Gazette, 1899, page 224. Hokitika — turning grey Getting bald ; ruptured in right side ; scar on palm of left hand. Remigio Negri .. Hokitika 20/3/99 assault 12 months Italy miner 1849 4 114 olive .. black, turning grey blue medium Michael Donoghue Hokitika 20/3/99 assault 12 months Ireland miner 1843 5 7£ fair fair blue .. medium Scar near right great toe ; front teeth prominent. Lyttelton — Henry Hilton Thompson .. Christchurch 9/10/99 theft 3 months N. Zealand labourer 1883 4 04 fresh .. light brown It. grey medium 4 p.c. Thick lips; scar near right eye; clasped hands on right wrist; seven dots on left wrist and hand. Slight build ; woman’s head and wreath on right Albert Nicholls .. Christchurch 15/9/99 theft 1 month N. Zealand watchmaker 1874 5 10 fair fair blue .. medium 13/11/99 theft (3 charges) 2 months arm ; sword on left arm. Henry Williams Lyttelton .. 13/12/99 theft 1 month England .. carpenter .. 1881 5 24 fresh .. brown grey .. medium H and dot on right arm ; HF on left arm ; ring on second right finger.

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM GAOLS DURING THE FORTNIGHT ENDED 20th JANUARY, 1900-continued.

Gaol, and N ame of Prisoner. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Bom. % w Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Remarks, and Previous Convictions. Lyttelton — continued. Frederick Yansen Christchurch 16/12/99 vagrancy 1 month N. Zealand labourer 1881 ft. in. 5 5£ fair very fair blue .. medium Right arm twisted. William Kirk Christchurch 9/1/00 drunkenness .. fine, or 48 hours N. Zealand labourer 1872 5 6J dark .. dark brown dark br. medium 6 p.c. Small mouth. Joseph Germano Christchurch 9/9/99 wilful damage default of maintenance fine, or 7 days 3 mo. or surety Italy fishmonger 1844 5 4f fresh .. grey grey .. medium Blister-marks on left side. Arrested 17th October. John Burke O’Brien Timaru 18/11/99 vagrancy 2 months Ireland labourer 1841 5 1J fresh .. grey grey .. long,thin Repeatedly convicted. Large mouth ; lower lip very Annie Smith, alias Jennie Christchurch 4/1/00 drunkenness .. 14 days England .. prostitute .. 1877 5 3£ fresh .. brown hazel .. large large ; burn marks on face, on both arms, and on back. Several p.c. Scar under chin ; left wrist has been Wilson Matthew Brosnaban Christchurch 11/1/00 breaking and entering corn’d for trial N. Zealand waiter 1880 5 4 fair light brown grev .. medium broken. Bailed. Arthur Jonathan Lilley .. Christchurch 12/1/00 theft (2 charges) 7 days corn’d for trial fine, or 24 hours N. Zealand foundry1870 5 5£ fair auburn dark br. prominent Bailed. Bernard McGovern Christchurch 15/1/00 theft drunkenness .. England .. worker fireman 1858 5 7i fair fair blue medium Right eye injured ; scar on top of head ; dot on left hand. Discharged to s.s. “ Waiwera.” 1 p.c. Photographed at Lyttelton, 26/8/99. Walter Galland .. Christchurch 20/12/99 mischief assault vagrancy 7 days 7 days 1 month N. Zealand draper 1876 5 9| fair fair light red medium Edmund George Land Christchurch 14/8/99 theft 6 months N. Zealand labourer 1871 5 6^'fair light brown, dk. blue medium 1 p.c. First left fingernail split; scar on two first Thomas Quirk .. Timaru 22/12/99 procuring liquor for a fine, or 1 month Isle of Man fisherman .. 1847 5 0£ dark .. curly dark brown blue medium left fingers. Photographed at Lyttelton, 12/1/00. 3 p.c. Stout build ; M on left hand. Timaru — Michael Delaney Temuka 27/12/99 prohibited person drunk and disorderly .. fine, or 14 days Ireland seaman 1870 5 7 dark .. black blue long 3 p.c. Crucifix on right arm ; bracelet on right wrist; star on right hand; emblem on left arm; bracelet on left wrist. (See Police Gazette , 1899, page 226.) 3 p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1899, page 174.) Dunedin— James Gillies Mcllraith .. Dunedin 8/8/99 theft 6 months Christch’ch engine-fitter 1867 5 10 fresh .. brown grey .. prominent Albert Shepherd.. Port Chalmers 16/10/99 obscene language 2 months Holland .. fireman 1874 5 7i fair fair blue .. medium Anchor on right hand ; scar on right arm. Hermana Bronswetter Port Chalmers 16/12/99 resisting police assault 1 month 1 month Germany .. seaman 1877 5 6 fresh .. brown grey - - broad First right fingernail injured ; high cheek-bones. William James McKenzie Dunedin 10/1/00 thefc 6 mo. probation N. Zealand waiter 1879 5 4J fair fair grey .. medium James Eggleston, alias Lawrence .. 5/1/00 drunkenness .. and to pay costs, &c. 24 hours England .. rabbiter 1835 5 6 fresh .. grey blue .. medium 1 p.o. (See Police Gazette, 1895, page 26.) Eggleton James Harrington Dunedin 10/1/00 indecent act .. drunkenness.. 7 days fine, or 24 hours England .. seaman 1846 5 5 swarthy grey blue .. thick Crucifix and female acrobat on right arm ; American coat-of-arms on left arm; left leg shorter than right. 7 p.c. Bailed. (See Police Gazette, 1898, page 142.) Thomas Chatterley, alias Dunedin 17/1/00 assault remanded England .. cook and 1865 5 7f fresh .. dark grey .. medium Wilson Invercargill — Harry Price, alias Thomson, Invercargill.. 27/12/99 obscene language 14 days N. Zealand steward labourer 1868 5 6 fresh .. brown blue medium 11 p.c. Mark on left knee ; enlarged nail on third alias Harding, &c. George Denchfield Newman Invercargill.. 18/7/99 disobeying order of Court 3 months England .. clerk 1853 5 8 fresh .. black, turnbrown .. | hooked .. right finger. Slightly bald. Westport— John Duncan Westport 21/7/99 21/10/99 8/1/00 false pretence forgery lunacy 3 months 3 months remanded Scotland .. labourer 1850 1 5 7 sallow .. 1 ing grey brown grey .. medium

RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM GAOLS DURING THE FORTNIGHT ENDED 20th JANUARY, 1900 -continued.