INCENDIARISM.

Otago Police Gazette, Volume VI, Issue 5, 10 May 1875, Page 41

INCENDIARISM.

£IOO REWARD. Maliciously Setting Eire to a Woolshed and Stable. WHEREAS about 7. 30 o’clock on the night of the 6th ult., a woolshed and stable containing a buggy, a chaff-cutting machine, a woolpress, a quantity of harness, oats, etc., situate at Kuriwao Station, Clinton, the property of Eitzclarence Roberts, Esq., value £IOOO, were discovered on fire, by which they were destroyed. And whereas, at an inquest held on the 9th ultimo, to enquire as to the origin of the said fire, the Jury returned the following verdict, “That no evidence of the origin of the fire doth appear to the Jury.” And whereas it is believed that the said fire was wilfully and maliciously originated: And whereas, Eitzclarence Roberts, Esquire, has offered a reward of £SO for the arrest and conviction of the offender: Notice is hereby given that a reward of £SO (supplemental to that offered by Mr. Roberts,) will be paid by the Provincial Government of Otago, to any person who will first give such information to the police .Is will lead to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons y whom the said fire was caused, and His Excellency the Governor will be advised to grant a

free pardon to an accomplice, not being the person who actually caused the fire, who will give such information as will lead to a like result. T. K. WELDON, Commissioner of Police. Police Office, Dunedin, 7th May, 1875.