FELONIES AND OFFENCES NOT OTHERWISE DESCRIBED.

Otago Police Gazette, Volume I, Issue 19, 14 September 1863, Page 96

FELONIES AND OFFENCES NOT OTHERWISE DESCRIBED.

Stolen between the hours of 5 and 11 p.mthe 4th September, 1863, from the person of Charles Martin, while asleep in a shanty on on the Hogburn, a Russia leather purse containing two £2O notes of the Bank of New Zealand, Nos. 456 and 483, three £5 notes, and three £1 notes of the same Bank, a small nugget of gold weighing 1 dwt. and. a deposit receipt of the Bank, of New South Wales for 12 ounces of gold.

Stolen on the night of the 31st August, 1863 from the trousers'.pocket of William f Shorten’ while asleep in the Bellvue boarding house’ Bell II 11, Dunedin, one £5 note and 1 sovereign. Suspicion attached to a man from 25 to 30 years old, short lie-lit hair, no whiskers, small goatee; dressed in blue jumper, striped trousers and dark cap with peak.

, - Stolen about 7 p.m., the 2nd Sept., 1863, from the shop door of Messrs, Herbert, Hayes, and Co., Drapers, Princes Street, Dunedin, a roll of green tartan, 48 yards.

Stolen about 10 a.m. the Ist September, 1863, from the dwelling of Mr. Edward Anderson, Waipori, miller, his property, one double barrelled gun, maker Manton, the right barrell burst, one rug red one side and black on th other, and other articles, no person in charge of the house at the time.

Stolen on the Ist September, 1863, from near Pelichet Bay, a nearly new white tarpaulin, 10 x 12, with eyelet holes round the edge, the property of Mr. Archibald Oughton of Pelichet Bay, Lime Burner.

Stolen during the night of the 31st August, 1863, from the tent of Peter Nicholas at Port Chalmers (no person being in charge of the tent at the time), a purse containing one £SO Bank note of the Union Bank, Dunedin, number not known at present, and a certificate of character from J. K. Fryer, Esq., Victoria.

Stolen oti The afternoon of the 10th Sept., 1863, from the person of Samuel Lery, of Bell Hill, 'Dunedin, supposed in one of the •sale room«, a silver gilt § plate. Geneva hunting watch. “ The Prize Medal 'ever clickwork on dial ; sank seconds, chased edges, engine-tui neb * case; 7 gold rings set - with torquoise and green stone; and a colonial g Id ’ edding ring.

Stolen about 9 o’clock, on the 14th Sept., 1863, from a bed-room at the Royal George Hotel, North Dunedin, a nearly new colonial gold ring, weight about 6k dwts, an anchor engraved on the shield the property of Mr. William Cunningham.

Stolen during the night of the sth Sept., 1863, from Sydney S. Marshall, a small -double case silver Geneva watch, No. supposed to be 31174; a steel guard with brass key attached. Mr. Marshall was a lodger at the Hibernia lodging-house, Maclaggan-strcet, and on the night in question, when going to bed, placed the watch under his pillow, from .whence it was stolen.

' Stolen on the night of the 9th September, 1863 from his residence next the Waverley Hotel, Dunedin, an open face silver lever watch. No. 12183, scratch on dial very faint; the property of Mr. Janies Revor.

A warrant has been issued by the Tuapeka Bench for the apprehension of George Pickup,

i W'? h c b^ l,ng£l40 ’ the monies of Mr. William Griffin of Tuapeka, butcher. Description : -30 years’ old, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, stout build, fair complexion, brown hair, no whiskers or moustache ; generally dressed in old blue shirt, knee breeches, and boots. ’

_ A warrant has been issued .-. by the Port Chalmers Bench for the apprehension of William Davis, charged. with obtaining the sum of £ls from Messrs. Mitchell, Hammill & Co. of Caversham, on the Ist September, 1863, under false pretences

Description of Davis :35 to 40 years’ old, 5 feet 9 inches high, dark complexion, hair, and eyes, dark , whiskers worn long; a Cornishman ; dressed in light clothes.

_ A warrant has been issued by the Waikouaiti Bench for the apprehension of Joseph Graham, charged with having, on the 9th day of September, 1863, embezzled forty halves of forty £1 notes, the property of his employer, Mr. Phillip Whelan, of the Halfway Hotel, Kyeburn. Two of the halves have been subsequently traced, have been attached together by Graham, and passed off as a £1 note. Description—2s years’ old, 5 feet 7 inches high, stout build, fair complexion, brown hair, light whiskers worn under the chin ; dressed in brown jumper, moleskin trousers, and light felt hat; has been many years in the colony, and speaks the aboriginal language fluently.

_ A warrant has. been issued by the Dunedin Bench for the apprehension .of Christopher Fitzsimmons, charged with disobeying a summons for keeping a disorderly house. Descriptionss years old, 5 feet 8 inches high, very dark and sallow complexion, black hair mixed with grey’; black whiskers, worn halfway down the face, no moustache ; very low looking ; has the appearance of an old hand; dressed in moleskin trousers, dark vest, dark cloth shooting coat, and black billycock hat; by trade a bricklayer; kept the Inglewood Boarding-house, Maclaggan-street.