PERSONS WANTED.

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume LVIII, Issue 1, 11 January 1933, Page 2

PERSONS WANTED.

Whangarei. s*4 June, 1931, on warrant for theft, of £l7 10s., the prirurrty of Allan Leslie Tressider, Official Assignee, Granviifer Hunt, age fifty-five, height 5 ft. 4f in., clerk, native of England, medium build, fresh complexion, grey hair going bald, blue eyes, upper front teeth artificial ; usually well dressed. Accused, who was authorized by the Official Assignee to collect debts due to the bankrupt estate of Lane Bros., Rawene, received £l7 10s. on behalf of the estate and failed to account for it., There are other charges pending. (See Police Gazette, 1931, page 535, and Photographs, 1923, page 90.) '

Auckland. —l3th ultimo, on warrant for obtaining credit by fraud, Walter Phillip Hailes, referred to in Police Gazette, 1932, page 399, and Photographs, 1930, page 56. Accused incurred a debt to Mary Flett, Commercial Hotel, for board to the amount of £2 10s., by falsely representing that he was a commercial /, * Auckland. —22nd March, 193j|, (m warrant for perjury, Ivan William Cook, age thirty-nine, farm labourer and hotel porter, native of Australia, medium build, fresh tanned complexion, brown hair, blue or grey eyes; dressed in a navy-blue suit, black shoes, and light felt hat; and carries a small brief-bag. On the 22nd March, 1932, at Thames, before F. W. Platts, S.M., in the case Police v. Samuel Woodroofe, theft, accused, in giving evidence for the police, made the following false assertion : “ Samuel Woodroofe, the defendant, did not know that I took the four gallons of benzine from the bowser at Kopu, and he knew nothing about the theft.” Cook, in a statement to the police, has confessed that Woodroofe bribed him to give false evidence. Woodroofe may assist accused to leave this Dominion, and special vigilance is to be exercised at all ports.

Auckland. ultimo, on warrant of commitment to Auckland Prison for two months in default of paying £43 10s. arrears on a maintenance order for the support of his child, Frederick Roy Humphrey, referred to ii/ Police Gazette, 1932, page 688. /?/>/}/sf. 2> <s///££>

Auckland. —Bth ultimo, on warrant for failing to comply with the conditions of his release upon probation (Offenders Probation Act, 1920), Harold James Landon Sims, age fiftyfive, height 5 ft. 4 in., labourer, native of England, medium build, fair complexion, fair hair turning grey, grey eyes, scar on nose and on left forearm ; fond of drink. (See Police Gazette, 1932, page 530.)

Napier. lsth ultimo, on warrant of commitment to Greymouth Prison for one month in default of paying £5 3s. arrears on a maintenance order for the support of his wife, Mary Elizabeth Goddard, and two children, Harry Goddard, referred to in Police Gazettff-1932 v /6age 568. Gmta/ccf %/. 7 /1A .

Inglewood. —4th ultimo, on 'Warrant for false pretences, J. C. Wagg, age about twenty-eight, height about 5 ft. 6 in., traveller, native of New Zealand, medium build, fair complexion, light-brown hair going bald ; dressed in a dark tweed suit and brown felt hat, and drives a Dodge roadster motor-car. Accused obtained £2 from Miles Joseph Cassidy, hotelkeeper, Tariki., bv means of aAaiueless chequte for £5. Wanganui.— -9th ultimo/on warrant of commitment to Wanganui. —9th ultimo; on warrant of commitment to Wanganui Prison for seven days in default of paying £1 15s. fine and costs for driving a motor-vehicle without a license, Ronald Carol Sundborn, age thirty, height 5 ft. 10 in., labourer, native of New Zealand, medium build, fresh complexion, fair hair, blue eyes, scar on left side of face and on left middle finger. (See Police Gazette, 193 T, page 294, and Photographs, 1930, page 83.) //pf?) b

Palmerston North. —6th October last, on warrant of commitment to Wanganui Prison for one month in default of paying £4 13s. balance of fine and costs for a breach of the Motor-vehicles Act, Montague M. Robertson, age about thirty, height 5 ft. 11 in., lorry-driver, native of New Zealand, medium build, fair comntexioi* and hair, blue eyes. Wellington. 3oth September last, on warrant for obtaining credit by fraud to the amount of £1 Bs. for accommodation from Robert Arnold Couper, manager, King’s Private Hotel, Gordon McAllister^go about thirty, height 5 ft. 8 in., traveller, strong buildG&csiy complexion, light-brown hair ; dressed in and felt hat. Accused falsely gy£tecr thaffhJJUvip of McGregor and Co., indent a«ems,»-Ayckland, and had sample-rooms in Wellington. He may be identical with John Gordon McAllister, referred to in Police Gazette, 1932, pages 688 and 788. Msl M 0 J Wellington. — lst October last, for tfieft of £l, the property of Evelyn May Harrison, bookseller, 1 Cecil Road, Wadestown, A. D. Grant, age about sixty, height about 5 ft. 9 in., canvasser, native of Scotland, good build, fresh complexion, grey hair going bald, blue eyes, sometimes grows a moustache; wears gold-rimmed glasses. Accused, who was employed as canvasser and collector for the Home Fires Kindle Club, requested complainant to give him £1 in silver, stating that Mrs. Bass had offered him a £1 note in payment of a small amount, and he had not the requisite change to give 'her. Complainant gave him £1 in silver, and he failed to return. He obtained 17s. 6d. from John Cunliffe, 86 Roxburgh Street, in a similar way. The photograph of Alfred Douglas Grant, alias William Alexander Grant, referred to in Police Gazette, 1932, page 788, and Photographs, 1916, page 57, has been identified as that of accused. No warrant.

Taranaki Street (Wellington). — 7th November, on warrant of commitment to Wellington Prison for one month in default of paying £5 9s. fine and costs for attempted theft, Reginald Clarence Watson, referred to in Police Gazette, 1932, page 708, and Photographs, 1925, page 54.

Blenheim— Ralph Benseman, or Ralph Benjamin, default of fine and costs : The photograph of Rudolph Benjamin, referred to in Police Gazette, 1932, page 183, and Photographs, page 38, has been identified as that of th/ offender. (See Police Gazette, 1932, page 772 1 / “Oj/ 5> «

Christchurch. —Between Ist February and 12th June, 1931, on warrant for theft of £l3O 18s. fid., the property of Richard Hood Clay, solicitor, Greymouth, James Joseph Fitzgerald, age thirty-four, height 5 ft. 8 in., clerk and exsolicitor, native of New Zealand, slight build, fresh complexion, fair hair, grey eyes; usually dressed in a grey suit and fawn felt hat; slightly stooped. Accused, who was practising as a solicitor in Christchurch, received £l3O 18s. fid. on terms requiring him to account for same to Richard Hood Clay, but fraudulently omitted so to do. He was last heard of in England.

Dunedin. —lsth September last, on warrant for forgery, Henry Victor Elwyn spedding, referred to ill Police Gazette, 1932, page 628, and Photographs, page 74. Accused and John David Caskie, 1 McGlashan Street, South Dunedin, were fellow - prisoners in Paparua Prison, the former being discharged a week earlier than the latter. Spedding, whilst in prison, learned the address in Dunedin of a young woman with whom Caskie was corresponding, and soon after his discharge accused communicated with this woman, requesting her to forward £2 by money-order telegram to Christchurch Post-office. The money was forwarded, and accused at. the post-office forged Caskie’s signature.