INQUIRIES, ETC., FROM OUTSIDE NEW ZEALAND.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 16, 22 April 1908, Page 180

INQUIRIES, ETC., FROM OUTSIDE NEW ZEALAND.

Sydney.— A warrant has been issued by the Cooma Bench for the arrest of William Johnson, alias Wal- ' lace, charged with escaping from custody. De- . scription : Twenty-eight .Sears of age, 5 ft. 9J in. high, slight build, dark complexion, brown hair, beard reddish- P brown, brown eyes, aquilit.e' rtose, long face, long narrow hands, burn-mark inside left wrist, scars second joint right little finger and left thumb, smart appearance ; dressed in dark-blue serge sac suit, soft brown-felt hat, white-cotton shirt, turned-down collar, and light boots, pointed toes. When convicted in 1899 (vide New South Wales Photo. Book 41, page 212) offender’s year of birth was given as 1872. (08/899.)

Perth (Western Australia). Michael Hughes, age about sixty-seven, height 5 ft. 2fin., a bootmaker, native of Wolverhampton Staffordshire, England, medium to stout build, round visage, ruddy complexion, dark - hazel eyes, scar near left eye and on back of neck ; son of Thomas and Bridget Hughes, both deceased. Had two sisters, Catherine and Ellen, all of Wolverhampton. Arrived at Freemantle, W.A., from England, in the ship “ Lord Dalhousie,” on 28th December, 1863, and left in the barque “ Alfred Hawley ” for the Eastern States, on 13th September, 1883. Inquiry at the instance of his niece, Mrs. Wm. J. Jackson, nee Mullany, 1712 Ann Street, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (08/917.)