Property Stolen.

Otago Police Gazette, Volume III, Issue 7, 31 July 1872, Page 39

Property Stolen.

Stolen, on the 14th instant, at Teviot, three horse covers, ea rly new, lined with coloured druggeting, the property 'of John Glass and Ah Hie ; value, £8 3s. Identifiable. . • oa Suspicion attached to George Heips, a carrier, 26 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, brown sandy whiskers, fresh complexion, slight build, shaved on side of face.

Stolen, on the 20th instant from the Artillery Hotel, George street, Dunedin, a black cloth paget coat with a small tear down the side from right side pocket, a black cloth trousers, a black scarf with green stripes, and a gold breast pin the property of William Fitzgerald. Identifiable.

- Stolen, at the same time and place, a concertina, the ends a light brown colour, bellows red, and keys steelcolor, the property of John Forster; value, 12s. Identifiable. A man of the following description, who, on the night of the theft, slept in the room from which these articles were stolen, is : suspected. He is from 30 to 35 years of age, 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, mediumbuild, brown hair, light fair whiskers and moustache, , thin features, • wore brown cloth sac coat, black cloth cap 1 with French peak and dirty moleskin trousers;h h

Stolen, on the 23rd instant, at Dunedin, from the person of Donald M'Lean, an open face silver lever, watch, large size, white dial; value, =£3. Identifiable.

Stolen, on the 3rd instant, at Cromwell, from the waggon of Oscar Louis, two pairs of rough black grained leggings with round black buckles, three pairs of yellow leggings with straight bright buckles, and two pairs of fancy brown leggings with round black buckles, patent leather round the, bottoms, marked on top 5 6 No. 10. Identifiable. Stolen, on the 3rd instant, at the Taieri village, East Taieri, from the cart of T. C. Morgan, two new umbrellas. Identifiable. Stolen, on the 6th instant, at Waipori, from the hotel

of Ellen Humphrey, 4 bottles of champagne, .3 bottles of old tom gin, and 3 bottles of brandy; value, £3 3s.

Stolen, on the 21st ultimo, at Green Island, a nearly new calico tent, G x 0, had a greasy mark on side, the property of Thomas Lamont; value, 20s. Identifiable. Suspicion attached to a man named Palmer, who slept in the tent on the night previous ' to which it was stolen. He is is a sailor, 30 years of age, 5 feet 4 inches high, light sandy hair, beard, whiskers, and moustache, wore light tweed coat and blue cloth cap. It is supposed he has gone to Balclutha or Naseby.

Stolen, on the Ist instant, from the White Horse hotel, George street, Dunedin, a small gold oval-shaped brooch with box containing the likeness of a man, over which was a leaf resembling a shamrock, with three red stones set in it, the property of Margaret 0 Grady ; value, £2. Identifiable.

Stolen, on the 19th ultimo, at Lower Wakaia Flat, from the person of Charles Higgs, a portemonnaie, containing one £5 note, two £1 notes, a gold breast pin, rose pattern, with small brilliant diamond set in centre ; pin value £lO. Identifiable.

Stolen, on the 6th instant,'from a till in the bar of the hotel of Janies Duff, Hill’s Creek, about Ids. in silver.

Stolen, on the 20th instant, at Waipori, from the store of Joseph Cox, the inner compartment of a cash box, containing two half sovereigns and 19s. in silver. A half-crown piece which had been beaten out with a hammer identifiable.

Strayed or stolen, bn the 20th instant, from Anderson’s Bay, a chestnut saddle mare, 4 years old, 141hands high, branded <!> on near shoulder, the property of William Ford.

A cow, the property of Andrew Dolenson, was maliciously stabbed in the side with a pitchfork at Beaumont, on the 18th instant.

Stolen within the last three months, from unoccupied dwellings at Bendigo Beefs, 12 leather chamois, 12 double ended picks, branded IV Co. (and some a) on iron and handles; some driving picks with same brand, a hand saw—broken at blade, a box of candles, about 20 driving picks, branded -j± on handles or iron, some screw wrenches, hand saws, and a quantity of other tools, the property of George Fache, manager of the Alta and Aurora ' Quartz Mining Companies, , Bendigo Gully. Some of the picks and tools identifiable. ; Suspicion attached to James Burnett.— Vide Otago Police Gazette, 1867, page 8.

Stolen on the 24th instant, at Dunedin, from the coal barge Minute, an English silver open face, watch, No. 24091. steel dial and. hands, gold figures; second figures rubbed off the dial : the property of James Dick. Identifiable

Stolen between the 2nd and 4th instant, from Moeraki Station, two nearly new blue blankets, a small rent or cut about four inches long in the corner of one, the property of John Reid, value 255. Identifiable.