Extract from New South Wales Police Gazette.
(From Gazette, 1901, page 144.) Wollongong. —A warrant has been issued by the Wollongong Bench for the arrest of William Patterson Snedden, charged with embezzling money belonging to George B. McAllister, at Corrimal, during 1900 and 1901. Offender is twenty-eight years of age, 5 ft. 11 in. high, medium build, very fair complexion, and small moustache, otherwise shaved ; dressed in light-tweed suit, and light-brown soft-felt hat; a baker’s carter. Left Corrimal early on Ist instant for Sydney ; may attempt to go to New Zealand. Total defalcations amount to £IOO.
Ey Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.
Gaol, and Name of Prisoner. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. 1 Native of Trade. Born. Height. Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Remarks, and Previous Convictions. Auckland— Jeremiah, alias John, DrisAuckland 2/1/01 obscene language 3 months N. Zealand labourer 1867 ft. in. 5 4f sallow.. dark brown brown .. long 31 p.o. Round shouldered; mole on breast; scar coll, alias Charles Travers, alias John Hinds, alias and figure 1 on right arm. Palmer Thomas Edward Dovla .. Te Awamutu 2/1/01 obscene language 3 months America .. carpenter .. 1844 5 74 fresh .. grey grey .. medium Right hand crippled ; artificial weeper in left eye. Hugh, or Hughey, O’Donald Henry Lewis Auckland 2/3/01 stowaway 1 month N. S. Wales labourer 1883 5 9 fresh .. brown grey .. medium Tip off left ear ; right eye has been injured. Auckland 2/3/01 stowaway 1 month England .. cigar-maker and labourer 1883 5 2 fresh .. dark brown blue prominent Slight build ; scar near right eye. Stout build ; star on left forearm ; anchor and other indistinct tattooing on right forearm. John Purdy Auckland 2/3/01 stowaway 1 month Ireland fireman 1874 5 24 swarthy dark brown blue-gr’y medium John Connell, or O’Connell Auckland 2/3/01 stowaway 1 month Ireland fireman 1873 5 n sallow .. dark brown blue .. medium Stout build ; female bust on right arm. Arthur David Auckland 2/3/01 stowaway 1 month America .. bicycle-fitter 1883 5 6f fair fair blue .. medium 1 p.o. A.D. on left arm. Louis Jackson .. Auckland 1 2/3/01 stowaway 1 month England .. oigar-maker and labourer 1879 5 4§ dark .. black hazel .. medium Two boil-marks on left side of neck. T.E. on left arm; five dots between left finger and thumb. Thomas Woodside Ease, ale Auckland 2/3/01 stowaway 1 month Ireland seaman 1884 5 8 fresh .. brown grey .. medium Henry Mawson .. Auckland 2/3/01 stowaway 1 month England .. cigar-maker 1883 5 *4 dark .. black grey •. thick, William Vivian .. Auckland 28/3/01 theft convicted and N. Zealand stableman 1881 5 84 swarthy blaok brown .. medium Right knee stiff; walks a little lame. Edgar James Brannigan .. Te Awamutu 5/3/01 assault discharged fine, or 14 days America .. labourer 1872 5 7f fresh .. dark brown dk. grey medium 3 p.o. First two sentences cumulative, third conassault fine, or 14 days current. refusing to quit licensed 14 days John Hanley Te Awamutu 5/3/01 premises assault refusing to quit licensed fine, or 14 days fine, or 14 days N. Zealand labourer 1874 5 104 fresh .. auburn hazel .. thick 1 p.c. Stout build; large mouth ; two scars on left wrist and on right cheek. Sentences cumulative. premises stowaway (See Police Gazette, 1896, page 63.) Karl Fischer Auckland 4/3/01 1 month Germany .. blacksmith 1878 5 4£ swarthy brown grey .. large Soar on upper lip and left temple. August Krueger .. Auckland 4/3/01 stowaway 1 month Germany .. labourer 1871 5 n swarthy dark brown dark br. prominent Slight build ; scar on left cheek ; mole behind eaoh Patrick Fee Auckland 23/3/01 neglecting to send child fine, or 7 days Ireland hawker 1862 5 6 sallow .. brown blue-gr’y medium Slight build. Joseph Guy Auckland 1/4/01 to school drunkenness .. fine, or 24 hours , * , , , , . , • « 14 p.o. Sentences cumulative. (See Police Gazette , default of maintenance fine, or 48 hours 1901, page 56.) James Thomas Trueman .. Auckland 13/3/01 breach of by-law fine, or 48 hours •• •• •• •• •• •• 11 p.c. Arrested 2nd April, 1901. (See Police Gazette, 1901, page 67.) Mary Hamilton,afiasWalsh Frank William Hill John Smith Auckland 30/3/01 drunkenness .. fine, or 7 days Ireland domestic .. 1864 5 6 swarthy light brown blue .. large 66 p.c. Stout build ; large mouth ; scar on nose. Auckland Auckland 31/12/00 7/1/01 7/1/01 drunkenness .. theft (3 charges) theft (3 charges) fine, or 48 hours 1 mo. on each 3 mo’s on each England .. England .. canvasser .. butcher 1865 1869 5 5 n 5 fresh .. fresh .. dark brown dark brown It. grey blue .. medium medium 1 p.c. Slight build ; growth on top of head ; star on right arm. Sentences cumulative. First joint of both third fingers stiff. Sentences concurrent. Edward Donnelly Thames 25/2/01 sly-grog selling 1 month N. Zealand miner 1871 5 7 fresh .. dark brown grey .. medium 1 p.c. Two boil-scars on right arm ; small growth on hone on right hand. Cornelius Cody, alias Coley Auckland 25/3/01 drunkenness .. fine, or 7 days England .. gum-digger 1872 5 74 fresh .. dark brown blue-gr’y medium 6 p.c. Slight build; orosson left arm ; scar between 1/4/01 drunkenness .. fine, or 7 days eyes ; left eye droops. Henry Barstow, alias Y« rk, Auckland 25/3/01 drunkenness .. fine, or 7 days .. • • • • •• •• 71 p.c. See Police Gazette, 1901, page 56.) alias Turner Robert Cecil Bingley James Downey .. Auckland 1/4/01 drunkenness .. 7 days (For description see page 30) black , , medium See Police Gazette, 1901, page 67. Auckland 4/4/01 wilful damage wilful damage fine, or 48 hours fine, or 4 days N. Zealand gum-sorter 1867 5 84 fresh .. grey .. Stout build; indistinct tattooing on left arm; scar on right arm. Sentences concurrent. Mary Wakeham .. Auckland 9/3/01 drunkenness .. 1 month (For description see page 8) dark brown, brown .. long 19 p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1901, page 30.) Edmund A. Griffen Auckland 5/3/01 default of maintenance 1 month Victoria .. law-clerk .. 1861 5 74 sallow .. Soar on left cheek and forehead. See Police Gazette, 1901, page 67. turning grey William Betts .. Auckland . • 11/3/01 drunkenness .. 1 month (For description see page 21) •• ••
RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM GAOLS DURING THE FORTNIGHT ENDED 13th APRIL, 1901.
Gaol, and Name of Prisoner. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Born. Height Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Remarks, and Previous Convictions. Auckland —continued. ft. in. Albert Ernest Calvert Auckland 29/3/01 assault 14 days N. Zealand cabman 1879 5 54 fair light brown grey .. medium 3 p.o. Mole, right of mouth. Albert Ernest Masters Auckland 27/8/00 indecent assault 9 months N. Zealand bootmaker .. 1876 5 2§ pale brown grey .. long Thick lips ; scar on bridge of nose. Frederick, alias Albert Thomas Gilding, Russell Kaitaia 5/11/00 false pretence 6 months N. Zealand carpenter .. 1866 5 6f sallow .. light brown blue large, thin 3 p.o. Large mouth ; scar on back of head and below left elbow. Alexander McIntosh Auckland 27/8/00 arson 9 months Scotland .. labourer 1835 5 7§ sallow .. grey light br. large Both little fingers stiff. Frank Smith, alias Dillon Auckland 13/3/01 drunkenness obscene exposure fine, or 48 hours 1 month Ireland labourer 1834 5 3 fresh .. grey blue .. medium 4 p.c. Defective vision ; deaf. Sentences concurrent. John Henry Russell Bruce H.M.S. “ Archer ” 4/3/01 breaking out of ship .. 42 days Scotland .. naval seaman 1876 5 5i fresh .. brown It. grey long Stout build; man-of-war, &c., on left arm; halfbracelet with anchor on left wrist; bird on knee. Rehecca Kelly .. Auckland 6/4/01 illegally on premises .. discharged .. Ireland cook 1851 5 3 fresh .. dark brown blue .. medium 1 p.c. Large mouth. Port Awanui — Wiremu Kanoa .. Port Awanui 19/3/01 theft 14 days N. Zealand 1886 5 6 d ark .. black, curly dark .. medium Ngati Rehua Port Awanui 19/3/01 theft 14 days N. Zealand •• 1885 5 8 dark .. black brown .. medium Slight, wiry build. Napier — blue John McGluskey, alias MeCusker Hastings 19/3/01 1 attempted rape corn’d for trial Australia .. labourer 1880 5 8f dark .. black straight, sharp Small mole on right temple; boil-mark on right arm ; mark of cut above left thumb; long soar above left ankle. Bailed. Thomas Wallen .. Dunedin 26/3/01 absent from Volunteer parades fine, or 48 hours Dunedin .. letter-carrier 1879 5 6 dark .. dark brown, curly brown .. medium Heart, orossed swords, &c., on left arm. Fine paid. Roapama Huarere Hastings 3/3/01 theft fine, or 14 days • • 4 p.c. Arrested 1st April, 1901. (See Police Gazette, 1901, page 31, as Ropoama Muarere.) John, alias Duncan, McLeod Napier 5/3/01 drunkenness vagrancy 14 days 1 month (For description see page 68) • • 6 p.c. Richard Thomas Blake .. Wellington .. 6/3/01 disobeying maintenance order helpless drunkenness .. 1 month N. Zealand Native agent 1846 5 74 dark .. grey brown .. medium Half-caste Maori. Scar near left eyebrow. Ann Cook Dannevirke .. 4/4/01 remanded England .. domestic .. 1856 5 1 fair fair grey .. large Mole on right side of neck; scar on forehead, chin, and near right eyebrow. John Robinson, alias Yat s, alias David Brown, &c. Hastings Waipawa 1/1/01 15/1/01 theft theft fine, or 14 days fine, or 3 mo’s 14 days • • 7 p.c. (See Police Gazette , 1901, page 31.) James Eade Dannevirke .. 1/4/01 theft N. Zealand gardener 1880 5 84 fair fair, curly .. grey .. large Narrow features ; receding chin ; stammers. Charles Williams Napier 11/2/01 indecent assault acquitted England .. tailor 1854 5 14 dark .. grey brown .. short, thick Bald; scar on right side of body; wart on third right knuckle ; dark eyebrows. Wanganui — Annie Johnston .. Palmerston N. 4/1/01 vagrancy 3 months blue • • Repeatedly convicted. (See Police Gazette , 1901, page 22.) Ellen Hart Feilding 4/1/01 vagrancy 3 months England .. prostitute .. 1868 5 ii fresh .. chestnut snub Repeatedly convicted. Samuel Bennett Feilding 4/1/01 vagrancy .. .. 3 months England .. labourer 1849 4 n swarthy brown brown .. medium Repeatedly convicted. Donald Owen Palmerston N. Palmerston N. 11/3/01 theft 1 month England .. clerk 1873 5 6 fresh .. brown hazel .. medium George Smith, alias William Kirk 4/3/01 drunkenness resisting police 14 days 14 days England .. labourer 1873 5 7 fresh .. dark brown hazel .. sharp Repeatedly convicted. Dimpled chin. Now doing one month. Sentences cumulative. Photographed at Wanganui, 11/3/01. George Rassmussen Palmerston N. 4/3/01 drunkenness .. resisting police 14 days 14 days Denmark .. labourer 1844 5 84 fresh .. light brown, turning grey blue sharp : Sentences cumulative. Richard McMurray Marton 19/3/01 vagrancy 14 days Ireland labourer 1866 5 104 sallow .. dark brown hazel .. sharp Hard lump back of neck. James McLeod .. Marton 19/3/01 vagrancy 14 days Scotland .. labourer 1867 5 54 fair dark brown blue medium 1 p.c. Photographed at New Plymouth, 10/9/00. (See Police Gazette , 1900, page 216.) Cornelius Manley, alias John O’Shea Palmerston N. 3/4/01 wilful damage 7 days Ireland labourer 1840 5 4 fresh .. grey grey .. broken .. Repeatedly convicted.
RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM GAOLS DURING THE FORTNIGHT ENDED 13th APRIL, 1901— continued.
Gaol, and Name of Prisoner. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Bom. 2 & 3 M Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Remarks, and Previous Convictions. Wellington — Wellington .. ft. in. • James Doyle .» 2/2/01 drunkenness .. obscene language 24 hours 2 months England .. labourer 1869 5 8 i fair reddish grey .. medium 1 p.o. (See Police Gazette , 1900, page 275.) Harry Wayne Wellington .. 2/1/01 obscene language 3 months England .. seaman 1873 5 4 dark .. dark brown brown .. large, broken Anchor on each wrist. Ngabina Motu .. Wellington .. 4/3/01 theft 1 month N. Zealand labourer 1841 5 n copper.. giey brown .. flat 1 p.o. NGAHINA on right arm. (See Police Gazette, 1885, page 198.) Walter Straohan Wellington .. 5/3/01 assault 1 month Scotland .. seaman 1868 5 8* fresh .. brown brown .. large Man, woman, &c., on right arm ; AYE, READY, flags, &c., on left hand. Charles Davis Wellington .. 6/3/01 drunkenness .. default of maintenauce 24 hours 1 month Wales fisherman .. 1854 5 2 fresh .. brown, turning grey blue medium, broken 2 p.o. Blue mark on nose ; star on left arm. Edward Myer Myers Wellington .. 20/8/00 theft 9 months England .. tailor 1878 5 dark ., black brown .. large, oblique 3 p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1900, page 135.) Haua, aKasWiremu, Kuice, alias Hirini D. Keroa Napier 18/6/00 theft 12 months N. Zealand shearer 1874 5 n copper.. black brown .. large i. 6 p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1899, page 99.) Peter Jackson Masterton .. 23/3/01 trespass 14 days N. Zealand labourer 1867 5 6* fair brown brown .. medium Mole on right cheek. Alexander MoKay Wellington .. 29/3/01 theft (2 charges) 7 days on each N. Zealand labourer 1883 5 3* fair light brown grey .. medium Blue dots on right and two dots on loft arm ; scar on Patrick Williams Wellington .. 29/3/01 theft 7 days N. Zealand labourer 1883 5 4i freckled brown grey .. small upper lip. Face and hands freckled. Thomas Williams Wellington .. 11/3/01 vagrancy 1 month Sydney .. labourer 1878 5 7f dark .. dark brown brown .. medium Scar on forehead ; slightly cross-eyed. William Hulst, alias Holtz Wellington .. 12/1/01 vagrancy 3 months Germany .. bootmaker .. 1848 5 9£ fair light brown grey .. large Repeatedly convicted. (See Police Gazette , 1900, James Mel wood .. Wellington .. 14/1/01 theft 3 months ■ page 134.) 9 p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1901, page 31.) Numerous p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1900, page 263.) Frederick Lyness, alias Black Wellington .. 14/1/01 drunkenness .. vagrancy 7 days 3 months Ireland draper 1841 5 5f fresh .. light auburn grey .. large Henry Dyer Wellington .. 2/4/01 wilful damage remanded N. Zealand labourer 1870 5 6* fair red grey .. sharp . Clasped hands, &c., on right arm ; sailor dancing on right arm ; bracelet on right wrist; scar on left cheek. Thomas O’Connor Wellington .. 2/4/01 wilful damage remanded N. Zealand See Police Gazette, 1901, page 10. Thomas Goodman Wellington .. 3/4/01 obscene language 48 hours England .. seaman 1872 5 5J fair light brown hazel .. medium J. on right arm ; G. on left arm. Elijah Maslem .. Wellington .. 9/4/01 obscene language remanded N. Zealand brickmaker 1866 5 8 dark .. dark brown brown .. medium Ivy and fern on right arm. Bailed. Picton— Joseph Martin .. Blenheim 12/3/01 obscene language 1 month England .. labourer 1853 5 4 fresh ,. dark It. hazel medium Scar on right side of forehead ; right little finger has been injured. John Satberley .. Lyttelton— Blenheim .. 3/4/01 drunkenness .. to pay expenses N. Zealand labourer 1864 5 6* sallow .. light brown blue .. medium, inclined to left 6 p.c. Cast in right eye; nearly blind. (See Police Gazette, 1900, page 207.) John Lyle Christchurch 26/3/01 drunkenness .. 7 days England .. striker 1856 5 8§ fresh .. brown blue broken .. Both little fingers crooked. Christina Lawson Christchurch 20/3/01 drunkenness .. 14 days See Police Gazette, 1901, page 69. Alfred Ross Lyttelton 8/3/01 obscene language and drunkenness resisting police 14 days 14 days Sweden fisherman .. 1876 5 H fair brown grey .. large Woman and wreath on left arm ; soar on forehead. Sentences cumulative. Anthony Ferrick Christchurch 7/1/01 illegally on premises .. 3 months Ireland labourer 1825 5 41 fresh .. grey blue short, broad large Numerous p.o. Adolph Jansen .. Lyttelton 7/3/01 obscene language 1 month Sweden seaman 1878 5 7 fair fair grey .. Three women, &c., on right arm ; snake, &o., on left Harry Gates Lyttelton 8/2/01 obscene language 2 months England .. fireman 1881 5 dark .. brown blue medium H. on left arm ; scar on eyelid and lower lip. Frank J. Early .. Lyttelton 8/2/01 obscene language 2 months England .. fireman 1870 5 fresh .. brown brown .. medium E.B., heart, &c., on left arm ; fish, diamond, &c., on right arm.
RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM GAOLS DURING THE FORTNIGHT ENDED 13th APRIL, 1901 —continued.
Gaol, and Name of Prisoner. Where tried. When. Offence. Sentence. Native of Trade. Bom. Height Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Nose. Remarks, and Previous Convictions. Lyttelton — continued. ft ' . in. Mary McKegny .. Christchurch 12/3/01 indecency 1 month .. (For description see page 23) . . « . See Police Gazette , 1901, page 80. Alexander Milne, alias Mill Christchurch 12/1/01 vagrancy .. 3 months Scotland .. cook 1823 5 6| fresh .. grey grey .. medium 6 p.c. William Fletcher Lyttelton 23/3/01 absent from ship 14 days N. Zealand seaman 1845:5 7 swarthy grey brown .. medium W.S. and cross on left arm; coat-of-arms on breast; scar on right hand. Fine paid. refusing duty fine, or 7 days Honora Setter, alias Hynes Christchurch 13/3/01 drunkenness .. 1 month (For description see page 32) •• •• See Police Gazette, 1901, page 80. Maggie Griffen, alias GrifChristchurch 13/3/01 drunkenness .. 1 month Ireland prostitute .. 1857 4 11 florid .. brown brown .. long Numerous p.c. fiths, alias Maloney, &c. * Harry Hills Christchurch 12/11/00 breaking and entering, 6 months N. Zealand labourer 1883 5 1 sallow .. brown brown .. medium Several p.c. Sent to Burnham. and theft Denis P. Mahoney Christchurch 6/4/01 drunkenness .. 7 days America .. photograph’r 1872 5 5£ fresh .. brown grey .. medium 9 p.c. Timaru — James Mason, alias Walter Timaru 14/3/01 vagrancy 7 days N. Zealand labourer 1872 5 sallow .. brown It. hazel long, 3 p.c. Left hand, leg, and right ear frostbitten. Palmer Blenheim 23/6/00 drunkenness .. fine, or 14 days straight (See Police Gazette, 1900, page 135.) John Kelly, alias “ Kelly Timaru 2/4/01 drunkenness .. 7 days . . , , • , , , , . * . Numerous p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1901, page 80.) the Rake ” Dunedin — Hugh McKillop, alias MeDunedin 3/1/01 vagrancy 3 months N. Zealand labourer 1852 5 n fair brown, turnblue long 1 p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1899, page 227.) Leod ing grey 36 p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1901, page 46.) Margaret Williams, alias Dunedin 1/3/01 drunkenness .. 1 month . , , , , , “ Opium Mag ” Clasped hands, rose, and star on right arm. Joseph Meekin .. Dunedin 13/3/01 theft 1 month England .. sailor 1884 5 H dark .. black brown .. flat John D. St. Croix Dunedin 13/3/01 theft (2 charges) 1 mo. on each Jersey labourer 1844 5 H fair brown grey .. medium 1 p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1900, page 276.) Dibb I’dour, alias Ido Dunedin 25/3/01 breach of the peace fine, or 14 days England .. barber 1874 5 n dark .. black brown .. broad, ftobert Kirk thiok-set Dunedin 23/3/01 obscene language 7 days N. Zealand cab-driver .. 1865 5 10J fresh .. brown hazel .. long Scar on first joint of right finger. William Jones .. Dunedin 29/3/01 drunkenness (2 charges) fine, or 24 hours England .. blacksmith 1845 5 6£ sallow .. grey brown .. large Scar over right eye. on each Top of first right finger deformed. Bailed. Alexander Espie.. Dunedin 29/3/01 theft remanded Victoria .. clerk 1863 5 5| fresh .. dark brown grey * .• large, indined to left Esther Maria Montague .. Dunedin 4/3/01 soliciting prostitution 1 month •• •• •• •• •• •• 7 p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1901, page 46.) Otto Peterson Port Chalmers 8/4/01 drunkenness .. fine, or 14 days .. .. • • • • •. • • • • •• 1 p.c. (See Police Gazette, 1901, page 81.) Invercargill — Numerous p.c. Soldiers bearing flag, &c., on left Patrick Mullins .. Invercargill.. 20/3/01 drunkenness .. 14 days Ireland labourer 1841 5 sallow .. dark brown blue flat,broken * arm; half-bracelet on right wrist; skull, cross bones, &c., on right arm. George Robson .. Waikaia 5/1/01 disobeying order of Court 2 months England .. labourer 1848 5 9J fresh .. brown, turngrey .. large 1 p.c. Scar left side of head. John Armstrong Graham.. Invercargill.. 9/3/01 drunkenness .. 1 month Scotland .. butcher 1844 5 9 florid .. !ng grey fair grey .. medium Slight build; small ohin; scar on bridge of nose. Raetihi — 8/4/01 breach of Licensing Act fine, or 1 month Fine paid. James Gray Raetihi 28/3/01 obscene language convicted and * N. Zealand labourer 1874 5 8^ fresh .. fair grey .. medium discharged
RETURN OF PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM GAOLS DURING THE FORTNIGHT ENDED 13th APRIL, 1901— continued.
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New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXV, Issue 9, 24 April 1901, Page 108
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