£50 REWARD.

Otago Police Gazette, Volume VII, Issue 3, 10 March 1876, Page 21

£SO REWARD.

INCENDIARISM. ".S : , WHEREAS about 10.30 o’clock on the night of the 23rd ultimo a partition in the Grocery, "Wine, and Spirit Store of William Cochrane and Joseph Charles Wentworth, situate in Dee-street, Invercargill, was discovered on Fire, but the fire was extinguished before much damage was done : And whereas, at an inquest held on the 28th ultimo by Henry McCulloch, Esquire, Resident Magistrate and Acting-Coroner, to inquire as to the cause or origin of the said fire, the Jury returned the following verdict: “ That the Store of Cochrane and Wentworthwas set on fire wilfully by some person unknown f' Notice is hereby given that a Reward of will be paid by the Provincial Government of Otago to any person who shall first give such information to the Police as will lead to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons by 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, 2nd March, 1876. ... f.. -"... T