Housebreaking, Stealing from the Person, &c.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXV, Issue 12, 5 June 1901, Page 134

Housebreaking, Stealing from the Person, &c.

Auckland. —Henderson and Spraggon, boatbuilders, report that between the 18th and 20th ultimo their shop was broken into and about 201 b. of brass spikes and a carpenter’s square, brass-mounted, stolen; value, £1 3s. Square only identifiable.

Auckland. —Charles Maitland, carpenter, reports stolen from his bedroom in the Enterprise Restaurant, Customs Street, on the 16th or 17th ultimo, a ladies’ Geneva silver hunting-watch, No. 86090, maker unknown, No. 66098 on case; value, £2 10s. Identifiable.

Auckland. —Harry Fountain reports stolen from his dwelling, Vincent Street, on the 17th ultimo, a white gem hat with black band, a sable-coloured fur for the neck, a ladies’ green-coloured mackintosh with velvet collar, W. Bond stamped on inside; value, £4 3s. Identifiable.

Auckland. —Mary Helen Trent, Cook Street, reports stolen from her dwelling, between the Bth April and 15th ultimo, two cardboard shirt-boxes full of silk and satin ribbons of various widths and shades; value, £lO. Identifiable. Suspicion attached to Mrs. Curtis. Description : About fifty years of age, about 5 ft. 7 in. high, stoutish build, reddish hair; sells watercress.

(See Police Gazette , 1901, page 123.) Kihikihi. —Theft of jewellery, the property of George Barnes. A Maori named Tukino has been arrested for the offence by Constable J. Fitzgerald. Property recovered.

(See Police Gazette, 1901, page 114.)

Napier. —William Higgins, alias O’Brien, alias Price, charged with assaulting and robbing Cornelius Brosnan, has been arrested by Constable H. J. Montgomery, Auckland police, on a charge of being illegally on premises, and sentenced to three months for the offence.

. Otaki. —Charles A. Hooper, farmer, reports stolen from him at the racecourse, on the 24th ultimo, a gentlemen’s silver English lever watch, No. 7556, maker Bell & Co., London ; value, £6 10s.

Otaki.— James Alexander Muir, clerk, Waikanae, reports stolen from him at the Otaki Railway-station, on the 24th ultimo, agentlemen’s silver Walthan hunting-watch, number unknown, monogram “ J.A.M.” engraved on outside of case, silver chain with thin links attaohed; value, £3. Identifiable.

Otaki. —About 3 a.m. 25th ultimo, the Wellington and Manawatu Railway-station was broken into, and an attempt made to blow open the safe with dynamite, which had been placed in the keyhole, with about 7 in. of fuse. Three men were seen to run away; one is described as tall, and the other two as small men. A number of spielers and thieves were at Otaki during the races.

Tenui. —John Stein, labourer, reports stolen from him at Aohanga, on the 27th or 28th ultimo, five £1 notes. Not identifiable. Suspicion attached to Thomas Aldridge, who slept in the same room with complainant. Description: A native of New Zealand, forty-three years of age, 5 ft. 6£in. high, stout build, fair complexion, dark-brown hair, whiskers, and moustache ; dressed in dark-tweed suit, and dark-brown soft felt hat.

(See Police Gazette, 1900, page 278.)

Wellington. —The watch stolen from Oliver Green was recovered by Acting-Detective A. Cameron, Wellington police, and traced to the possession of Edward Wilson. Suspicion no longer attached to Sydney Hunter.

Wellington. Harding is charged on warrant with the theft, on the 26th May, 1901, of a silver lever huntingwatchmaker Rotherham, number unknown, a silver chain

with long links attached, the property of Fanny Prior; value, £3 10s. Offender is about thirty-three years of age, about 6 ft. high, slight build, dark hair, moustache only; dressed in dark sac suit, light-grey overcoat, no cape ; follows up race-meetings, and i 3 said to own a raoehorse, and to have kept livery stables at Kaikoura. He was staying at complainant’s restaurant, on Lambton Quay, and stole the watch and chain from the sitting-room. Ha left the house on the 29th ultimo, and may have the watch and chain in his possession.

Wellington. —Michael Lynch, Paikakariki, reports stolen from the cloak room of the Club Hotel, on the 10th ultimo, a gentlemen's grey mackintosh, no sleeves, a dark-cashmere scarf in one of the pockets ; value, £2 10s. Identifiable.

Wellington. —Hugh Cox, miner, Greymonth, reports stolen from the sitting-room of the National Hotel, on the 16th ultimo, a fawn cloth-like sleeveless mackintosh with two sleeve-straps, one of them broken, very long cape buttoned to coat, a mark on the right-hand corner of cape where it has been crushed and partly perforated ; value, £3. Identifiable.

Wellington South. —Henry Estall reports stolen from a table in the Kilbirnie Hotel, on the 23rd ultimo, a nearly new brown-and-yellow tapestry table-cover, brown fringe, beer-stains in several places; value, 10s. Identifiable.

Manners Street (Wellington). —Mrs. Margaret Moar, Pohangina, reports stolen from her in Cuba Street, on the 25th ultimo, a black-leather purse with clasps, three compartments, containing two sovereigns, a half-sovereign, 10s. in silver, and two second-class return tickets Ashhurst to Wellington, rid Wellington-Manawatu Railway. Purse only identifiable.

Lyttelton. Campbell Brown, licensee, Canterbury Hotel, reports that about 2 a.m., 24th ultimo, his hotel was broken into, the safe carried out of the bar and blown open with dynamite in the yard, and the following stolen . Twelve £1 notes, numbers unknown ; four sovereigns; sixteen half-sovereigns; about £ls in half-crowns, florins, sixpences, and threepenny-pieces; two cheques on the Union Bank, Lyttelton —one, No. T. 54893, for £2, drawn by F. Lefare in favour of Cole ; the other, No. 970, for £3 183., drawn by Dalgety & Co.; an order for £3. to C. Brown; a gentlemen’s silver lever watch, a very old-fashioned gold bracelet, set with opals and agates, fixed on an elastic-band: value, £54 18s. The watch, order for £3, four half-sove-reigns, and 6s. 6d. were found beside where the safe was blown open. Suspicion attached to two men, names unknown, who were about the hotel on the evening of the 23rd ultimo. First: Supposed colonial, about thirty-one years of age, sft. 8 in. or 9 in. high, stoutish build, fair complexion, full face, fair moustache only, smart appearanoe ; dressed in bluish-tweed sac suit, brown-felt bat, front of rim turned down, grey shirt and collar with faint black stripes, light lace-up black-leather boots; was wearing a small-link gold chain. Second : Supposed colonial, about thirty years of age, about 5 ft. 8 in. high, medium build, square shoulders, fair complexion, light ginger moustache only, thin features, active appearance ; dressed in dark-tweed sac suit, lightcoloured felt hat with large brim with a very light-coloured hat-band, white shirt, stand-up collar. Both suspects identifiable. Supposed gone to Christchurch.

Woolston. —Emily Murray reports stolen from behind the bar of the Wharf Hotel, on the 16th ultimo, a plush bag, containing £l3 in silver, done up in £1 paper paokages. Bag only identifiable.

Geraldine. Norman H. McFarlane, farmer, reports stolen from his dwelling, on the 26th ultimo, a miniature gold brooch, with lover’s knot in Irish diamonds; a gold broooh, hair surrounded with pearls, one pearl muoh whiter than the others; an enamelled mourning - ring, “ Memoriam ” on it, set with three pearls; three small gold rings, one set with tiny diamond; a pair of brass oval sleeve-links ; a ladies’ long thick gold chain * and a gold oval locket with star and diamond in oentre : value, £3O. Suspicion attached to William Buchanan a native of New Zealand, a labourer, twenty-four years of age, 5 ft. 8J in. high, fresh complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes. (See Police Gazette, 1899, page 191.)

Methven. —Andrew Horne, platelayer, reports supposed stolen, between the Bth and 19th ultimo, an Engiish lever open-faced watch, No. 7474; maker, John Hood, Scotland: value, £3.

Methven. —William Ullyatt, farmer, reports that on the 19th ultimo his dwelling was broken into, and two £1 notes, £2 in silver, and twelve penny stamps stolen.

Ashburton. Reginald Hart, bank-clerk, reports stolen from the bar of the Commercial Hotel, between the 20th and 25th ultimo, a yellow horse-rug with red facings, “R. H.” in white silk on the near quarter; value, £1 10s. Identifiable.

(See Police Gazette, 1901, page 85.) Lincoln. —The coat reported stolen from the Rev. John Edwin Blackburn has been found : mislaid, not stolen.

Oamaru.— Robert Chalmers reports stolen from the Queen’s Hotel linen room, between about the Ist March and the 15th ultimo, a brown-katber Gladstone bag, containing a black-tweed sao suit, “ J. H. Milligan & Co.” on tab of coat; a drab-coloured waterproof overcoat with very small cape, well worn; a Masonic apron, two white-silk handerchiefs, two white shirts, and two Oxford shirts with blue stripes, Chinese letters on all the neck-bands: value, £9 15s. The Gladstone bag was found, empty, under an unoccupied house. Suspioion attached to Charles Watson. Description : A native of New Zealand, a labourer, eighteen years of age, 5 ft. 5J in. high, fresh complexion, lignt-brown hair, grey eyes. (See Police Gazette, 1901, page 132.) Supposed gone towards Christchurch.

Dunedin. —William Taylor, gardener, reports that at 11 p .m., 25th ultimo, in Rattray Street, a man name unknown, about twenty-five years of age, 5 ft. 6 ft. high, and wearing a grey sac coat, snatched from him a silver Waltham hunting watch, No. 977921; value, £2 10s.

Woodhaugh. —William Cole Davey, fancy-goods dealer, reports that on the 26th or 27th ultimo his dwelling was broken into and the following stolen: A silver lever huntingwatch, maker Stanford, London, “ M. O.” in monogram on outside of case ; a razor, a seal, and a mouth-organ: value, £5 17s. 6d.

St. Bathan’s. —W. J. Alexander, labourer, reports stolen from the Blackstone Hill run, about the 17th March last, 120 rabbit-traps with pins attached, some of them with filemark across the teeth ; a short-handle spade, two yellow jars, a small square looking-glass, two mugs, and knives and forks: value, £6 10s.

Riverton. —Thomas McCullough reports stolen from bis hut, between August, 1900, and the 13th ultimo, a silver lever open-faced watch, maker Campbell, London, No. 22241, “ T. M.” on back, nickel chain attached ; also several books and cooking utensils: value £5 10a.