PERSONS WANTED.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LVI, Issue 50, 16 December 1931, Page 755

PERSONS WANTED.

Auckland. — October last, on warrant of commitment to Auckland Prison for three months in default of paying £2O 17s. 6d. arrears on a maintenance order for the support of his wife and children, Robert John Finch, age about thirtyeight, height 5 ft. 2 in., barman, native of England, medium build, sallow complexion, brown, hair, thin, features. f y/ M % Auckland. 27th ultimo, on warrant for failing to comply with the terms of a maintenance order for the support of his wife, Thelma Josephine McQuarrie, Hector McQuarrie, age thirty, height 5 ft. 6 in., steelworker, native of Scotland, strong build, fresh complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes; dressed in a brown or navy-blue suit and felt hat. Arrears to 27th ultimo, £364.

Te Araroa. 7th instant, that he may be interviewed regarding a revolver which he registered in 1921, James Gordon, age thirty-two, height 5 ft. 6 in., labourer, native of New Zealand, medium build, fair complexion, sandy hair, blue eyes, sharp features^ drawlin^speec^ Qs $ Raetihi. —3rd instant, on warrant of commitment to Wanganui Prison for one month in default of paying £9 11s. fine and costs for cruelty to animals, Arthur Stanley Hansen, age twenty-two, height 5 ft. 10 in., labourer, native of New Zealand, strong build, fresh complexion, fair hair, blue eyes, scar on left forearm, slow speech ; usually dressed in a darkgrey suit and old felt hat; slovenly appc;J‘an/c. (See Police Gazette, 1930, page 802.) /L/V % V

Dannevirke. —6th instant, that proceedings for failing to notify his change of abode (Arms Act) may be instituted against him, Cyril Jack Steel, age about thirty-four, height 5 ft. 9 in., labourer, medium build, fresh complexion, brown hair; usually well dressed. On the 15th November, 1921, he registered a five-chambered revolver, No. 31403/ l^ehv/^ 5 1

Takapu. —4th ultimo, for theft of a horse (recovered), value £ls, the property of George Alexander Thomson, labourer, F. Taylor (name probably fictitious), age about twentytwo, height 5 ft. 7 in., labourer, native of New Zealand, medium build, dark complexion ; well dressed. The horse was stolen from a paddock and sold to a horse-dealer at Hastings. He also sold with the horse a saddle and bridle, which was stolen from William James Dickason. No warrant. /lev 20 A/a

Carterton. 23rd October last, on warrant of commitment to Wellington Prison for one month in default of paying £lO 10s. fine and costs for negligently driving a motor-car, George Anderson, age forty-six, height 6 ft., labourer, native of Ireland, medium build, fresh complexion, fair hair, blue eyes ; dressed in a grey suit and ligktmolpufeji felt hat. fiJiJu/kd b// £ V

Wellington. —loth instant, that a summons for failing to comply with the terms of a maintenance order for the support of his children may be served upon him, William Newman, alias Mewman, referred to in Police Gazette, 1931, page 128, and Photographs, 1921, page 57. / / l°N^

Wellington. 26th ultimo, on warrant for false pretences, William Tennant, age about twenty-eight, height 5 ft. 8 in., labourer, native of New Zealand, medium build, fresh complexion, dark hair ; dressed in a blue serge suit and soft felt hat. Accused obtained £7 18s. from George Henry Bassant, hotelkeeper, Willis Street, by means of a valueless cheque for that amount on the National Bank of New Zealand. His correct name is believed to be William Graham. The cheque-form and £7 had been stolen from Herbert Clifford Dunstan, garage proprietor, Dunsandel, near Christchurch, about the 25th ultimo. His motor-car was also unlawfully used, and about that time a man named William Graham was working for him, and he may be identical with William Tennant, who is now wanted on the above-mentioned charge of false pretences.

Christchurch. —26th October last, on warrant for theft of a gentlemen’s biscuit-coloured double-breasted overcoat (“ Made especially for McKeown, Sydenham,” on tab), value £5 10s., the property of Edgar Barber, railwayman, 94 Sullivan Avenue, Opawa, Raymond Archibald Richard Anthony Anderson, age twenty-one, height 5 ft. 6 in., labourer, native of New Zealand, medium build, fresh complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, sunken cheeks; dressed in a light-blue or mauve suit and felt hat; impudent manner; talks quickly. The coat was stolen from the 3YA Radio-station Building, and on the sth November it was sold to a second-hand dealer in Wellington by accused, who gave the name Pat Williams. (See Police Gazette, 1931, page 580, and Photographs, 1929, page 46) a/x^

Christchurch. —Between the 19th and 27th October last, on warrant for obtaining credit by fraud, A. Fraser (name probably fictitious), age about twenty-eight, height 5 ft. 6 in., good build, fresh complexion, brown hair ; dressed in a brown suit, fawn felt hat with dark band, fawn tweed overcoat, and cream-coloured scarf. Accused obtained credit for groceries, value £1 125., from Alice Maria Hessey, storekeeper, 442 St. Asaph Street, by falsely representing that he was in the Railway Office at Christchurch. He also obtained an order from complainant to obtain a pair of shoes from Bing, Harris, and Co.’s warehouse, and he procured from that firm two pairs of shoes and a suit, value £5 18s., of the following descriptions : A pair of gentlemen’s willow-calf Oxford shoes, size 7 ; a pair of gentlemen’s glace Oxford shoes, size 7 ; a fawn-grey striped suit, size 3.

Timaru. — Ist instant, on warrant for failing to maintain his child, Ernest Lester McCuish, 31 Le Cren Street, Alexander McCuish, age twenty-three, height 6 ft., labourer and motor-driver, native of New Zealand, medium build, fresh freckled complexion, fair hair, blue eyes, high cheek-bones, impediment in speech; dressed in a light-tweed suit, fawn hat, and blue overcoat with belt on back. (See Police Gazette, 1929, page 82, and Photographs, -gftge 15.) _ / /. . fee/ £ *// z /3 /'

Dunedin. 2oth instant, on warrant for failing to comply with the terms of a maintenance order for the support of his wife, Emily Elizabeth Scott, 222 Coogee Bay Road, Coogee, New South Wales, Australia, Joseph Thomas Scott, age fiftynine, height 6 ft., traveller, native of Scotland, stout build, fresh complexion, fair hair turning grey; grey eyes ; well dressed in a dark suit. Arrears to 15tli/Jctober last, £29 Bs, /S/