FELONIES AND OFFENCES NOT OTHERWISE DESCRIBED.

Otago Police Gazette, Volume I, Issue 24, 23 November 1863, Page 120

FELONIES AND OFFENCES NOT OTHERWISE DESCRIBED.

Stolen, supposed on board the Titania steamer, between Invercargill and Dunedin, from a box containing 3 watches, a gold English Lever Hunting Watch, maker Rotherham & Son, London, No. 77593, the property of Mr. Frederick Roach, of Rattray Street, Dunedin.

Stolen about a.m., the 30th October, 1863, from the dwelling-house of George Nelson, George Street, Dunedin, the street door being left open, a large open faced silver lever watch, No. 1421, with black silk guard and brass key attached, the property of Mr. Nelson.

Stolen between the 20th October and Ist November, 1863, from a trunk on board the Southern Ocean, while in transit from - Melbourne to Dunedin, 1 single stone diamond

ring, plain setting, 1 gold breqnet chain, 1 do. guard, 1 gold pin with opal, about £SO worth gold specimens, alluvial and quartz, 1 black dress coat, 4 vests, 1 black silk velvet the others fancy patterns, a pair of black handle razors, and a quantity of carpenter’s tools, the property of Antoine Langerin, of Walker Street, Dunedin.

Stolen between the 7th and 11th November, 1863, from a bed-room in the dwelling of Mr. Robert Cox, Princes-street, an open face gold English lever watch, gold dial, sunk-seconds, No. 12692, with long gold guard chain attached.

Stolen between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. the 15th November, 1863, from the tent of Thomas Liddle, North-east Valley, 1 pair of Napoleon boots, nearly new, 2 rows of nails round the soles, extending along the waist' to : the heels, 2 Crimean shirts, and a blue blanket. ;

Stolen , about 2 a.m. the Bth November, 1863, from the tent of C. W. Bell, T Potter’s Gully, Dunstan, four £5 notes, seven £1 notes, and 11 oz. of gold, one piece of the gold shaped like a heart, by James Burke, (who asked permission to stop in Bell’s tent with him for. the night, and left two hours before daylight,) about 32 years’ old, 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, dark hair and complexion, slightly pock marked, light whiskers, chin and upper lip shaved ; dressed in blue woollen shirt, moleskin trousers, light felt hat, and

watertight hoots; a Sydney native, has the appearance of a stockman.

A warrant has been issued by the Dunstan Bench, dated 23rd October, 1863, for the apprehension of John Liddell alias Hobartown ■Jack, and Neil, charged with having had m then possession, at a place known as Dead Horse Gully, in the Dunstan Police District on the 10th October, 1863, the carcases of two •sheep, the same having been unlawfully obtained contrary to the 15th section of the Town and Country Police Ordinance. John Liddell alias LLobartown Jack, is about 40 years’ old, 5 feet 6£ inches high, fair complexion and hair, clean shaved, broad face, 'flat nose, nearly bald; dressed in blue guernsey, moleskin trousers, watertight boots, and tweed cap ; likely to have with him a large black and tan bull-terrier dog. dark hair, no whiskers, very small moustache, marks of a gun-shot wound on nose and over left eye; dressed in check shirt, moleskin trousers, and watertight boots.