PERSONS WANTED.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLVI, Issue 14, 13 April 1921, Page 239

PERSONS WANTED.

Dargaville. 4th instant, that she may be compelled to pay £2 3s. 2d. due for the support of her child, Sarah Power, an inmate of Auckland Industrial School, Carrie Power, alias Moore, alias Nicholson, age forty-five, height 5 ft., prostitute, native of New Zealand, dark complexion, dark-brown hair, grey eyes, scar on left side of neck, hair on upper lip. She may be living with a man named James Nicholson, alias “ Scotty ” Nicholson. (See Police Gazette, 1918, page 535.)

Helen,sville. — On or about the 15th February last, on warrant for theft of a watch and chain (recovered) and a match-box with “ Presented by Mrs. Foote’s camping party to Ike ” on it, total value £2, the property of Isaac Simpson, engineer, J. Downey, alias Paddy Downey, age about thirty, height 5 ft. 7 in., seaman, medium build, dark complexion, brown hair, grey eyes, harp on back of left hand, clean-shaved, thin face ; dressed in a dark suit and skull-cap ; Irish accent. Accused stole the articles from a cabin on the s.s. “ Bellbird,” and sold the watch and chain at the Huapai Hotel for 7s. CXhn&Jied 77 1'fi&i

Auckland. Bth ultimo, on warrant for failing to provide for the future maintenance of his unborn illegitimate child, Charles Edward McLean, age twenty-one, height 5 ft. 4 in., labourer, slight build, pink complexion, auburn hair, brown eyes, artificial teeth; dressed in a brown suit and tan boots. Complainant, Kejtha Momostic. & 7 Y/

Auckland. —21st January last, that he may be compelled to maintain his seven children, inmates of Auckland Receiving Home, William Green, alias Grey, age thirty-four, height 5 ft., labourer, native of New Zealand, thin build, sallow complexion, dark-brown hair, blue,eyes, clean-shaved, discoloured large upper front teeth ; dressed in a black suit, grey cap, and black scarf.

Auckland. —-21st ultimo, on warrant' for false pretences, H. P. Keogh, age about forty, height about 5 ft. 8 in., canvasser, medium build, fresh complexion, grey hair, thin face, cleanshaved ; dressed in a light-grey suit and light-grey felt hat. Accused obtained £8 from John Irving Turnbull, stationer, 10a Khyber Pass Road, by falsely representing that he was employed by Wenzel Scholium.

Rongotea. —4th instant, on warrant for theft from a dwelling of a ring and £1 (recovered), total value £2l, the property of Mrs. Phoebe Lucy Gill, farmer, Taikorea, Stanley Burton Robertson, age nineteen, height 5 ft. 8 in., native of New Zealand, strong build, dark complexion, dark-brown hair, blue eyes ; dressed in khaki trousers and grey coat and cap. Accused, who has been an inmate of an industrial school,’ called at complainant’s house and asked for a meal and a needle and thread, and .whilst in the bedroom stole the property, which was shortly afterwards recovered from him. je.pry-r.-4. f ' / !

Raetihi. —16th October, 1919, on ten warrants of commitment to Wellington Prison in default of paying £3 2s. 6d. fines and costs for failing to stamp receipts, Maurice James Walkington Smythe, alias James Farquhar, alias Samuel Vance, alias Tom Barr, alias M. Preston, alias Houghton, alias Jones, alias Gibbs, alias Kane, age thirty-five, height 5 ft. 9 in., canvasser, native of Ireland, stout build, fresh complexion, fair hair, grey eyes, burn-scar on left arm; usually well dressed in a dark suit and soft-felt hat; talkative, and frequently attends religious meetings. (See Police Gazette, 1919, page 606.) / . f sA oV 2 /.

Tolaga Bay. —Bth February last, on warrant of commitment to Gisborne Prison for three months in default of paying £SO 13s. fine and costs for unlawfully supplying liquor to a Native, John Palmer, age about twenty-four, height 5 ft. 5 in., barman and porter, native of Australia, medium build, sallow complexion, dark hair, blue eyes ; dressed in a dark-blue, suit and dark-felt hat; lisps ; erect gait; Jewish appearance. He may assume the name Pirimerf amd may endeavour to leave this Dominion.

Tolaga Bay. —9th February last, that two summonses for sly-grog selling and unlawfully supplying liquor to a Native may be served upon him, John Olive, age about forty, height 5 ft. 7 in., labourer and driver, native of New Zealand ; usually dressed in a dark-tweed suit; dirty appearance : fond of drink. (See Police Gazette, 1913, page 786.)

Dannevirke. —21st February last, that he may be warned to comply with the conditions of his release upon probation, Albert Carson, age sixteen, height 5 ft. 8 in., labourer, native of New Zealand, slight build, freckled complexion, brown hair; usually wears riding-breeches/ and leggings. (See Police Gazette, 1920, page 353.) _' ~r SL'f

Wanganui. —9th February last, on warrant of commitment to Wellington Prison for six months in default of paying £32 11s. arrears due on a maintenance order for the support of his wife, John Arthur O’Brien, age thirty-nine, height about 5 ft. 8 in., boilermaker, native of New Zealand, stout build, dark complexion, straight dark hair, hazel eyes, prominent lower lip ;. dressed in a dark suit and black-felt hat; walks with a stoop ; fond of drink.

Palmerston North. 27th January last, on warrant for failing to maintain his wife, Doris Thelma Patterson, Ferguson Street, David Joseph Patterson, age thirty, height about 5 ft. 7 in., labourer, native of New Zealand, medium build, fair complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, slightly pug-nose, black teeth, protruding lower lip, shrapnel scar on one forearm, left ring-finger nail, has been crushed; walks with body slightly forward ; quiet sulky manner. His photograph is filed in the Inspector’s Office, Palmerston North.

Otari. —26th ultimo, on warrant for false pretences, John Adams, age thirty-five, height 6 ft., labourer, native of Canada, slight build, pale complexion, fair hair, blue eyes, long face, y long pointed nose,' large lower lip, fair short moustache’; ■drgßSgd.-ifi. suit, grey soft-felt hat, and fawn three-quarter-length J gabardine overcoat ; walks with a stoop; fond of drink. Accused obtained £5 from Horace Clement Noble, baker, by means of a valueless cheque drawn on the Bank of Australasia, Otaki. There are other charges pending /O&l S'

Lower Hutt. —23rd ultimo, that a witness summons in a licensing case may be served upon him, James Malcolm Roy Cudby (known as Roy Cudby), age twenty, height 5 ft. 5 in., labourer, native of New Zealand, medium build, sallow complexion, brown hair, pale-blue eyes, large mouth; slovenly gait; usually works about freezing/Works. If located, he is not to be interviewed until the summons has been obtained.

Wellington.— 26th 1 )epe mHeas las Won warrant of commitment to Wellington Prison in default of paying £2 10s. fine and ms t^ Ajf being "found on licensed premises during prohibited! li/Mrs, John Robinson, age /forty-one, height oft. 7im. lsroour&r; fjAltve>of Scotland, medium build, dark oonWfexiqn, dark haiQ turning 1 grey, black eyes, scar behind IMlfai&r/ATe is a member of the brew of the s.s. “ Waihonv’ which is expected to call at New Zealand ports next month. (See Police Gazette,/921, page 24, and Photographs,apage 16.) fi&Zs X/Sl I>/ 0 f I /SjtbJ'L-B-

Wellington. —2nd instant, that proceedings for failing to notify his change of address may be instituted against him, William Percy Mouet, age forty-eight, height 5 ft. Ilf in., native of France, good build, fair complexion, grey hair, brown eyes.

Wellington.— ultimo, on warrant for false pretences, R. C. Brown, alias Robert Abercrombie Brown, age forty-two, height 5 ft. 84 in., clerk, native of New Zealand, medium build, dark complexion, dark'hair turning grey, brown eyes. Accused obtained £5 from John Monroe, barman, New Zealander Hotel, Manners Street, by means of a valueless cheque drawn on the National Bank of New Zealand, Auckland;’ (See Police Gazette, 1921, page 210, and Photographs, 1918, pg|e 48.) / / , 2 gy -5, "[s'

Wellington.— 24th ultimo, on warrant of commitment to military custody for three days in default of paying £1 10s. fine and costs for failing to render personal service, Eric Victor Walter, age twenty, height 5 ft. 8 in., butcher, native of New Zealand, slight build, sallow complexion, black hair, blue eyeSi^l /"S/ /

Wellington. —29th ultimo, on warrant for theft of a pair of field-glasses and a rug (recovered), a brown-leather attachecase, containin g a pair of brown-white riped Jaeger pyjamas, a clothes-brush with long handle, a black shoe-horn, and a pair of green-striped socks, total value £3O, identifiable, the property of William Holland Makin, farmer, Windsor Hotel, Donald Craig, alias J. Thomas, alias L. W. McGraw, age nineteen, height 5 ft. 8 in., labourer and printer, native of New Zealand, strong build, dark complexion, dark-brown hair; dressed in a grey suit and cap or felt hat; slovenly gait; dirty appearance. Accused stole the property from complainant’s motor-car, and/sold the recovered articles at second-hand shops

Christchurch.— llth February last, an warrant of commitment to for three months in default of paying £25 iUs. tme, and .Jh the business of a bookmaker/- William > James Ryan, a# twenty-eight, height 5 ft./9 in., labourer, native /of New Zealand, strong build, fresh complexion, brown hair, blue-eyes. (See PoliceGazette, 1921, page 140.)

Christchurch. 9th ultimo, that two summonses for a breach of his -prohibition order and being found on licensed premises during prohibited hours may be served upon him, George William Spicer, alias McFarlane, age seventy-one, height 5 ft. 5 in., labourer, native of England, swarthy complexion, grey hair, blue eyes, on-left side of face and on right 1919, page 436.)

Christchurch.— 4th ultimo, on warrant of commitment to Paparua Prison for twenty-four* hours in default of paying Bs. fine and costs for drunkenness, John Gordon Scoullar, age thirty-six, height 5 ft- 7 in., labourer, native of New Zealand, medium build, fresh complexion, brown hair, grey eyes.

Christchurch.—llth January last, on warrant of commitment to Paparua Prison for seven days in default of paying £3 ss. fine and costs for being drunk while in charge of a horse and vehicle, William David Kenninmonth, age thirtysix, height 5 ft. 11 in., labourer, native of New Zealand, strong build, fresh complexion, light-brown hair, grey eyes. (See JPolice

Christchurch —2oth January last, on warrant of commitment to Gisborne Prison for three months in default of paying £2O 9s. 6d. arrears due on a maintenance order for the support of her three children, inmates of Christchurch Receiving Home, Flora Ellen Waite, age thirty-one, height 5 ft. 6 in., domestic, native of New Zealand, medium build, dark hair and complexgßxhazel eyes : suffers from goitre. (See PoHoeGMgto, j

Ashburton. — 22nd ultimo, on .warrant for theft of scrap iron (recovered) and two bags of chaff, total value £4 Bs., the property of Thomas Russell Raymond, farmer, Tinwald, Patrick Kelly, age forty, height 5 ft. 9 in., labourer, native of Canada, stout build, fresh complexion, dark-brown hair, clean-shaved; dressed in grey trousers, grey sport s coat, and cap; dirty appearance. Accused stole the property from complainant’s farm at Tinwald, and sold the scrap iron at P. and D. Duncan’s foundry, Wills Street. (See Police Gazette, 1919, page 665.) ,

1 Timaru. 22nd ultimo, on warrant for theft of a watchchain made from threepenny-pieces, with mother-of-pearl trinkets attached, value £l, identifiable, the property of William Goostry, labourer, Makikihi, Richard Ryan, alias Sheehan, alias O’Brien, alias Joe Richards, age thirty-seven, height 5 ft. 61 in., labourer, native of Australia, medium build, fresh complexion, brown hair turning grey, grey eyes, scar on one cheek and near left eye, anchor on left upper arm, flag on left forearm ; right leg amputated ; uses crutches. (See Police Gazette, 1921, page 143.)

Timaru.— 24th ultimo, on warrant for failing to maintain his wife, Margaret Love Brennan, Phillip Brennan, age sixty, height 6 ft., farmer, slight build, sallow complexion, hair turning grey, bluish-grey eyes, cyst on left side of back of head, scar under one ear ; usually wears a gold nugget on one end of watch-chain.

Dunedin. —4th instant, on warrant for failing to comply with the terms of a maintenance order for the support of his wife, Annie Stark, 262 Kaikorai Valley Road, John Haxton Thomson Stark, age fifty, height 5 ft. 2 in., engineer, native of Scotland, strong build, fresh complexion, fair auburn hair, blue eyes, slight scar on one cheek ; usually respectably dressed in a dark suit and black-felt hat. Arrears to 15th ultimo, £25 IQs. (See Police Gazette,/19 page 284.)

- a t? Dunedin. —24th October last, that he may be located with a view to compel him to repay to the Repatriation Department £l4 17s. _ which was lent to him to purchase rabbit-traps, William Robert Towns, age twenty-six, short build, labourer and rabbiter, native of New Zealand, sallow complexion, dark hair, grey eyes, scar on left elbow ; usually dressed in a blue lounge suit, soft Trilby hat, and tan boots ; fond of drink. (See Police Gazette, 1920, page 283-)

Invercargill. —4th instant, on warrant for failing to maintain his wife, Martha Ann Dale, 1 Lowe Street, and child, George Dale, age twenty-two, height 5 ft. 11 in., driver, native of Australia, slight build, ruddy complexion, lightbrown hair, brown eyes, mole on left cheek ; usually dressed in a brown suit, tan boots, and cap.