Missing Friends.

Otago Police Gazette, Volume VI, Issue 3, 10 March 1875, Page 23

Missing Friends.

Information is requested respecting the whereabouts of John Quin, the principal witness and informant in the case of Regina v. Harry Pearce, committed for trial for stealing from the person at Dunedin. Quin is a native of Cork, Ireland, a laborer and shearer, 36 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, sandy hair, sandy whiskers, beard and moustache worn rather short, thin features, florid complexion, light blue eyes, large front teeth, described in the Otago Police Gazette, 1871, page 71, as John Roland,

alias Quin, alias Kelly. He was employed at Merrie Creek Station, Balclutha division, for about three months, previous to the 30th November last. He left the Station after the shearing, and was heard of at Clinton on the Ist of December. It is requested that every possible exertion may be used to find out this witness, so that steps may be taken to compel him to attend the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court, to be held at Dunedin on the 12th proximo.

Information is requested respecting Charles Turner Powell, a clerk, a native of London, about 30 years of age, 5 feet.B inches high, stout build, dark complexion, hair slightly changing color. He arrived in this Province by the ship “ Carnatic,” early in 1874, and acted at sub-steward or under storekeeper during the passage out, and was discharged from the vessel at Port Chalmers on the 24th of April last. He plays the piano and harmonium, and will likely seek employment in a music hall, or as a teacher of music. It is important to ascertain this man’s whereabouts, if living, without it coming to his knowledge that he is being enquired for, or, if dead, the particulars of his death.

Information is requested respecting John Pell, a blacksmith, a native of Birmingham, 6 feet high, about 19 years of age, slender build. He arrived in this Colony by the steamer Atrato, from London, in June last, and has not since been heard of.