PROPERTY STOLEN.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 39, 2 October 1907, Page 386

PROPERTY STOLEN.

Whangarei. —Between the 19th and 21st ultimo, from the dwelling of Dr. H. GOOD, a ladies’ old-fashioned doubletwisted gold chain-bracelet, set with three carbuncles, each about the size of a threepenny-piece, value £lO ; a ladies’ very heavy flexible bracelet, fin. wide, monogram engraved thereon, value £lO ; a small brown tin cash-box containing £1 ss. Suspicion attached to Patrick Brady, age twentyfour, height 5 ft. 6 in., groom and driver, native of New Zealand, dark complexion, black hair, clean-shaved except small black moustache, brown eyes, well built; generally wears dark clothes and black hard hat; was formerly employed on the sanitary carts in Auckland.

Ponsonby. —9th ultimo, from the dwelling of ALFRED PAYNE, No. 266 Jervois Road, a ladies’ brown-leather purse containing 18s., a ladies’ gold ring set with five (supposed) garnets, two missing, “ E.P.” engraved inside ; value, £1 10s, Identifiable. Breaking and entering.

Mercer. —l6th ultimo, from the Great South Road, property of A. J. WHITESIDE, farmer, three red-and-white yearling heifers, a white and a strawberry yearling heifer; value, £l2. Identifiable.

Port Awanui.— About 12th ultimo, from the paddock of HERMAN WOLDEMAR JEISSLER, school-teacher, a dark-grey pony mare, five years old, about 13 hands high, docked tail, dark-grey mane, with a white patch or collarmark ; value, £6. Identifiable.

Port Awanui. —About 20th July last, from a paddock property of JOHN MURPHY, road-contractor, a green canvas horsecover, patent leg-straps, “ J.M.” on it; value, £l. Identifiable.

Wellington. —23rd ultimo, from the Criterion Cafe, property of JAMES THOMAS BIGGS, Hopper Street, a gentlemen’s black-enamelled free-wheel bicycle, No. 155, backpedalling brake, green handle grips; value, £l7. Identiliable.

Christchurch. —3rd ultimo, from S. W. NEAK, secondhand dealer, Manchester Street, a nickel-plated six chambered revolver, maker, Barker, London; value, £5. Identifiable. Suspicion attached to John Joseph Dalton, age thirtyseven, height sft. sin., farm labourer, native of Ireland, stout build, fresh complexion, fair hair, brown eyes, shabby appearance ; fond of drink.

Christchurch.—lßth August last, from Madras Street, property of ARTHUR ROUD, printer, a gentlemen’s Bell bicycle, No. 440, Brooks saddle, white grips ; value, £lO 10s. Identifiable.

Christchurch. —l9th August last, from Oxford Terrace, property of CLAUD MCCARTHY, labourer, a gentlemen’s Winchester bicycle, black-enamelled, low frame, nickelplated rims, Mansfield saddle, front and back brake, steel mud-guards ; value, £B. Identifiable.

Christchurch.— Bth ultimo, from Cashmere Hills, property of GEORGE BENSON, labourer, a gentlemen’s Rudge-Whitworth bicycle, Palmer tires, straight handlebars, a cork and a leather grip, rat-trap pedals; value, £5. Identifiable.

o amaru. —l6th ultimo, from the bathroom of the Criterion Private Hotel, property of HENRY PETRIE, a gentlemen’s gold band ring, maker’s name, “ Patterson,” engraved on the inside ; value, £2. Identifiable.

Dunedin.—l3th ultimo, from EUSTACE HENRY PULTON, Caversbam, ten fowls (recovered), value £l. Suspicion attached to Thomas McLennan and Webster. First, age twenty-nine, height 5 ft. 6in., labourer, native of New Zealand. fresh complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, broad nose, large mouth, dressed in grey suit and cap. (See Police Gazette, 1903, page 265.) Second, age about twenty-three, height about 5 ft. 1 in. or 2 in., rabbiter or flax-mill hand, medium build, brown hair, no hair on face ; dressed in dark-tweed suit, well worn, and dark-tweed cap. The fowls were offered for sale to Joe Ki, Walker Street, who can identify one of the offenders—it is supposed McLennan.

Dunedin. —l7th ultimo, from the dwelling of JOSEPH PULLEN, No. 55 Clyde Street, a plain gold bar brooch, small oval-shaped nugget in centre, value £l, and £1 3s. 6d., in money. The bar of brooch may have “ F.J.T.” stamped on back. Breaking and entering.

Ophir. 27th August last, from a wagon, property of MARY WEBB, a black patent-leather portmanteau, may have “W. Webb” scratched on bottom, containing four “ Weldon’s Ladies’ Journals ” with paper patterns of dresses, &c., one pair of black single-strap ladies’ walking-shoes, size 6, a blue underskirt, several handkerchiefs marked “M. Webb,” a silver thimble, a pair of scissors, a tape measure, a piece of fancy-work and silk, forget-me-nots in silk in one corner; value, £1 10s. Suspicion attached to William James Stevens, age twenty-three, height sft. Bin., labourer and groom, native of New Zealand, clean shaved, dark hair and complexion; supposed to have gone to Dunedin.