Miscellaneous Information.

Otago Police Gazette, Volume VII, Issue 11, 11 September 1876, Page 88

Miscellaneous Information.

Return of appointments, etc., since the publication of last list: — Appointments as Constables. Michael Joyce, No. 799. Michael Keenan, No. 801. Thomas Nestor, No. 802. Resigned. Constable Henry Royston, No. 767. The special attention of the members of the force is directed to the following description of Joseph Bryant, a dangerous member of the criminal class who was discharged on the 31st ultimo from the gaol at Dunedin. Description : English, a labourer, twenty-eight years of age, five feet six inches high, stout, compact build, auburn hair, partly bald, fair whiskers of aoout a month’s growth, fresh complexion, a lower tooth in front of mouth wanting, a small mole on forehead over left eye, wore very light grey tweed suit, black soft billy-cock hat, and Blucher boots, scar .across nose, two females under two colors and crown in centre of American flag, four stars and crescent, laurel wreath underneath, on chest, ship on belly, brig and lighthouse on right side, mermaid, flag in hand, left side, female dancing on a ball surrounded by rose, thistle, and shamrock, female bust, American banners and star on right arm, bouble bracelet and flags above right wrist, star on back of right hand, tree of LIBERTY, English banner under crucifix on left arm, tree of liberty, bird, four stars, bouquet, four fishes, double bracelet, and star on left forearm, female on left shin, flogging marks on back, can read and write. He was convicted at Auckland on the 3rd of June and Ist September, 1868, and sentenced to thirteen years penal servitude and twenty-five lashes for robbery with violence (2 charges), for attempting to choke with intent to rob (2 charges), and for being a criminal illegally at large.

Vide Police Gazette , 1876, page 78. The dark Irish frieze overcoat, the property of James Heron, stolen on the sth ultimo from the Glasgow Pie House, Princes-street, Dunedin, has been found by Detective Henderson in possession of the offender, Edward Butler, alias Charles James Donnelly, who has been sentenced to three months* labor for stealing it.

Vide Police Gazette , 1876, page 76. The Starboard lamp stolen about the Ist ultimo at Port Moeraki, the property of Joseph R. Bremner, has been recovered.

Vide Police Gazette lß76 , page 65. The wheelbarrow reported as stolen about the 7th of July last from the Cemetery-road, North Dunedin, the property of David Kirkwood, has been left back in the place from which it was stolen.

Vide Police Gazette, 1876, page /8, The cornet and case stolen about the 23rd of July last from the Queen’s Theatre, Dunedin, the property

of William Oliver have been recovered and traced to the possession of Edward, alias Robert Butler, alias James Charles Donnelly, who has been arrested by Detective Henderson and committed for trial.

The heifer, the property of Henry Clarke, reported as stolen from a paddock at Tokomairiro on the 31st July last, has been found wandering, not stolen.

The liver-colored retriever bitch, the property of John Fothergill, reported as stolen on the 3rd ultimo at Manuka Creek, has been recovered, not stolen.

Vide Police Gazette , 1876 page 43. Archelius Perkins, charged on warrant with having disobeyed a summons to appear at the Justices’ Court, Dunedin, on the 24th of April last to answer a charge of having refused to provide for the support of his illegitimate child, has been arrested by Constable Mckenzie, Waihola Police.

Vide Police Gazette 1876, page 73. Neil McPhee, charged on warrant of arrest issued at Christchurch in default of paying due for the maintenance of his wife and family, has been arrested by Sergeant Daly, Balclutha Police.

Extracts from Victoria Police Gazette. From Police Gazette 26th July and 16th August, 1876. Thomas Tweed Tindall is charged on warrant issued by the Melbourne Bench, on the 22nd iust., with embezzling! the monies of the Mutual Assurance Society of Victoria. Description : Twenty-two years of age, five feet seven inches high, fair hair, pale smooth face, dresses well, wears a gold Albert, with a small dog kennel charm, is a heavy smoker, and has been a sailor. He has a brother who is master of the barque Phoenix, trading to Apolla Bay; another

brother is living at or near the same place, and is a mail contractor, or engaged in connection therewith O. 4361, 25th July, 1876. This offender may have come to New Zealand ; his photograph is in the office of the Commissioner of Police, Dunedin.

MURDER.

ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD. WHEREAS on the morning of the 13th July, 1875 one Samuel Jamieson disappeared from the neighbourhood of Brighton, New Zealand, and it was generally supposed that he had been drowned accidentally in Fox’s River: and whereas there is now good reason to suspect that the said Samuel Jamieson was on the date aforesaid murdered, and his body concealed : Notice is hereby given that a reward of £SO will be paid by the Provincial Government of Nelson for such information as shall lead to the discovery of the body of the said Samuel Jamieson, and an additional sum of £SO for such information as shall lead to the conviction of the murderer. EUGENE J. O’CONOR, Provincial Secretary. Nelson, 23rd October, 1875. O. 4775.

Richard Thomas Slarke is charged on warrant issued by the Sandhurst Bench with embezzling various sums amounting to the sum of the moneys of the Independant Order of Oddfellows in 1875. Description : fifty years of age, five feet six inches high, slender build, slightly round shouldered, dark sickly complexion, black hair, beard, whiskers, and moustache, all turning grey, Jewish appearance, may wear dark blue pilot top coat, dark trousers, and black hat with soft crown. O. 7402, 15th August, 1876.

* ■- ' - r _ , . • _ . o . . • And 157 for drunkenness, 3 for assaulting police, 6 for lunacy, 2 for damaging property, 8 for obscene language, 2 for disorderly conduct, 1 for assault, 4 for breaches of the peace, 6 for breaches of the Shipping Act, 1 for damaging police uniform, 1 for rescuing a prisoner, 4 for provoking breaches of the peace, 4 for ship desertion, 1 for vagrancy, and 1 for being a neglected child.

Name. Offence. By whom Arrested. R. N. How Disposed of. t Herbert Stewart *r Charles Thomas Horan Herbert StewartLarceny Larcenyist-class Detective T. Neil, Dunedin Police 1 st-classDetective T. Neil, Dunedin Police229 229 14 days’ labor 14 days’ labor Charles Thomas HoranStealing newspapers from a Stealing newspapers from a Charles Croxford Post Office Do. do. ,, Discharged Discharged 6 months’ labor Stealing from a shop Detective Alexander Henderson do. 617 Same . Stealing from a.shop Do. do. 6 months’ labor (concurrent) James Cox Robeit, alias Edward Butler, Stealing from a shop Do. do. 9 9 6 months’ labor alias James Burglary Do. do. Committed for trial. Charles Donnelly Burglary Do. do. 9 9 Committed for trial Committed for trial Same Burglary Do. do. Committed for trial Same ) Same ) &stealingfrom a theatre (3 charges) | Do. do. !» | Committed for trial Same Stealing from an hotel Do. do. 3 months’ labor Same Larceny Do. do. 3 months’ labor Charles Billson, alias Thos. ) Edwards Larceny Do. do. 6 months’ labor William Carlyle Stealing in a shop Do. do. 24 hours ’ labor 99 24 hours’labor John Charles Davis Disobeying an order to provide for the support of his • wife ■ Detective Robert Bain, do. 705 1 month’s labor, in default of Eliza Mowbray P an £6 I os. Larceny Do. do. On remand . Annie McPherson Having no visible lawful means of support Sergeant-Major John Bevan do. 43° Charge withdrawn George Smith means of support Sergeant-Major John Bevan do. 430* Charge withdrawn Larceny Sergeant James Anderson, do. 523 99 14 days’ labor George Humphrey Stealing from the person Do. do. Discharged Mathew Clydesdale Disobeying an order to provide for the support of his wife and family Const, Ewen Macdoneli, Green Island do. 772 1 month’s labor, in default of paying amount due Margaret RabbittConstable Peter Duffy, Dunedin paying amount due Margaret RabbittChild desertion Child desertionConstable Peter Duffy, Dunedin do. 659 Ordered to take charge of child Jeremiah Burrows Exposing his person (three child charges)16 months’ labor charges)Do. Do.do. do.16 months’ labor Nicholas Charles Edwards805 Nicholas Charles EdwardsStealing from a dwelling Stealing from a dwellingConstable Alexander Young Constable Alexander Youngdo. do.805 Cautioned and discharged Mary O’Leary Being a rogue and vagabond Do. do. 99 Discharged Ellen Petherick Larceny Do. do. Discharged Bridget Kane William Hardie, alias Jas. Obscene language Constable Michael Duggan do. 804 Fined £ 10, or 1 month’s labor Scott Obscene language Constable Michael Duggan do. 804 Fined £ 10, or 1 month’s labor Larceny Constable Michael J. Geerin do. 620 Admitted to bail, but failed to appear. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. John Strain Stealing from a shop Do. do. 99 7 days’ labor George Brereton Mary O’Leary Assault Constable Michael Green, do. 771 2 months’ labor Habitual drunkenness Do. do. 3 months’ labor Annie Kenny Habitual drunkenness Constable John Lynch, do. 742 3 months’ labor Christopher Hanham Habitual drunkenness Constable John Lynch, do. 742 3 months’ labor Larceny Constable Richard Willis, Kensington do. 736 Discharged Mary Kerr Having no visible lawful means of support Constable Terence O’Brien, Dunedin do. 707 Discharged Charles Edward Haughton Attempted sodomy Inspector Frederick Mallard do. Remanded to Wellington John Macalister Damaging property Railway-Constable Wm. Connell do. — Fined 40s, & ordered to pay £5 damages, or 1 month’s labor George Holmes Having no visible lawful means of support m Sergeant Patrick Finnegan do. 41 1 month’s labor William Schmidt Larceny (2 charges) Do. do. 1 month’s labor James Dickenson Perjury Sergeant Patrick O’Neill do. 374 Committed for trial Gertrude Cannon Ah Tay Larceny Having no visible lawful Constable William McDonald, do. 754 Cautioned and discharged means of support Const. David Murphy, Port Chalmers do. 796 3 months’ lahor James Lamb Assaulting police and rescuing a prisoner Sergeant James Morkane do. 410 Fined £$, or 1 month’s labor William Kiely ing a prisoner Assaulting police Sergeant James Morkane do. Constable Edward Coffry, Port Chalmers 410 Fined or 1 month’s labor Police 694 Fined £5, or 1 month’s labor 14 days’ labor Same Rescuing a prisoner Do. do. 99 John Brooks Assaulting police Do. do. 99 14 days’ labor Same Rescuing a prisoner Do. do. 99 14 days’ labor David Donovan Assaulting police and proyoking a breach of the peace Do. do. 99 14 days’ labor Warren Holmes Larceny Constable Thomas Livingston do. 732 3 months’ labor Avcheluis Perkins Refusing to provide for the support of his illegitimate Discharged child Const. J. C. McKenzie, Waihola do. 792 Neil McPhee Disobeying an order to provide for the support of his wife and family Sergt. James Daly, Balclutha do. 232 On remand Thomas Stone Assault Const. Henry Fretwell, Invercargill do. 730 3 days’ labor Rebecca Wolford Stealing from a dwelling Sergt. J. J. TuohVi Invercargill do. — Committed lor trial William Walford Receiving stolen property Having no visible lawful Const. Charles Cowell, Invercargill do. 759 Discharged Margaret Smith do.Discharged means of supportDischarged means of supportDo. Do.do. if

APPREHENSIONS.

Name. Offence. By whom Arrested. R. N. How Disposed or, Alexander Smith Stealing from the person Sen. Cons. Hugh Nickle, Campbelltown • 3 months’ labor Police 544 John Morrison Stealing from the person Throwing kerosene oil on a woman and setting it on lire, thereby occasioning Sen. Cons. Hugh Nickle, Campbelltown Police 544 3 months’ labor v . * grievous bodily harm. grievous bodily harm.Sergt. James Carroll, Oamaru do. Sergt. James Carroll, Oamaru do. 214 214On remand On remand Henry White Attempted suicide Sen. Const. John Morton, Arrow do. Const. Wm. Rowse, Queenstown do. 496 Committed for trial * Charles Darlington Attempted suicide 708 Committed for trial Kum Gee Attempted suicide Do. do. Committed for trial Jane Wilson Charles Marshall alias Assault Sergt. Thomas McGann, Cromwell do. do.420 42014 days’ labor 14 days’ labor William Staley Obtaining money by false • ‘ Committed for trial pretences Sen. Cons. John Morton, Arrow db 496 Peter Loner Larceny Sen. Cons. John Rooney, Waikouaiti do. do.234 234Discharged Discharged John Brown Receiving stolen property Do. do. do.Discharged 5 Discharged 5 Thomas Marshalli month’s labor Thomas MarshallHabitual drunkenness Habitual drunkennessCons. Charles Cowell, Invercargill Cons. Charles Cowell, Invercargill do. 759 1 month’s labor Ann Ross Obscene language Sergt. J J. Tuohy. Invercargiil do. do.Fined £■$, or 1 month’s labor Fined £3, or 1 month’s labor 2 months’ labor Joseph JacksOn False pretences. Do. do. do. — Peter Bonnell Forgery Do. do. do. — Remanded to Wellington Jeremiah Leahy * Habitual drunkenness Cons. Henry Frelwell, Invercargill do. do.730 730 I month’s labor 1 month’s labor Same Assaulting police Do. do. do.I month’s labor I month’s labor Thomas Lynch Abduction Do. do. do.Remanded to Switzers George Heckar7 66 Remanded to Switzers George HeckarLarceny LarcenyCons. John Bridgeman, Campbelltown do. Cons. John Bridgeman, Campbelltown do.766 Discharged William Andrews Stealing a dog Cons. J. W. Lde, Riverton do. 668 Discharged John Cameron Stealing a dog Breach of Railway Offences Cons. J. W. iide, Riverton do. 668 Discharged Act Railway Constable Samuel May, Invercargill Police — Fined 40s., or 7 days’ labor

APPREHENSIONS-Continued.