Felonies and other Offences.

Otago Police Gazette, Volume VI, Issue 3, 10 March 1875, Page 19

Felonies and other Offences.

A warrant has been issued by the Clyde Bench for the arrest of William Adams, charged with uttering a valueless cheque for £5 on the Bank of New Zealand, Cromwell, to Archibald Blue, at Clyde, on the 25th ultimo. Offender is supposed to be English, about 65 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, slight build, grey eyes, brown hair, no whiskers or moustache, mark of a bullet wound on right arm near -pit, wore dirty moleskin trousers, brown or black sac coat, drab wide-a-wake hat, red and white muffler, black and white Crimean shirt, and water-tight boots, supposed ! to be wearing a ring on the small finger of the left hand, has the appearance of an old criminal. He t left Clyde on the morning of the 27th ultimo, and | stated that he was going to Dunedin. A warrant has been issued by the Port Chalmers Bench for the arrest of Samuel O’Flaghertv, alias Careono, charged with deserting his wife and family at Dunedin, on the 22nd ult. | Offender is a native of London, Irish descent, a seaman, 30 years of age, 5 feet 4 or 5 inches high', j medium build, very red thin features, cheeks and upper lip shaved, wears goatee and imperial, small red mark on one of eyes. He arrived by the ship