POLICE NOTIFICATIONS.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 257, 11 May 1866, Page 3

POLICE NOTIFICATIONS.

We extract the following from the " Southland Police Gazette," of 9th May, 1866 :— Stolen on the 25th instant, at the Pahi Diggings, two £1 notes, not identifiable ; the property of Ellen Driskell. Stolen or lost on the 16th April, at Wallacetown, a red morocco leather pocket-book, the property of George Fairweather ; containing £25 in notes, and numerous receipts. Amongst the money there was two £5-notes. Stolen during the night of the 19th April, from an out-house at Sylvan Bank, three young fowls, speckled black and white ; the property of Solomon Shepherd. Found in an unoccupied house in Dee-street, a number of ladies' and childrens' hats, now at the Police-station. The white bullock, branded M.C., reported as stolen from Clifton, on the Bluff Road (vide Gazette of the 12th February, 1866), has been found t> v its owner, John Murdoch. Deserted from the " Ella Gladstone," in the New River, on the evening of the 31st March, Peter Dolstrom. (Vide Soidhland Police Gazette 9th April, 1866, No. 3, page 11. An inquest was held on the 16th instant, at the Invercargill Provincial Hospital, upon the body of James O'Brien, who died there from the effects of injuries accidentally received while coupling two waggons on the Bluff Harbor and Invercargill Railway. Verdict — " Accidental Death.'.' An inquest was held on the 16th April, instant, at the Provincial Hospital, Invercargill, on the body of Jane Smith, aged 22 months, who was accidentally drowned in a water-hole, on the Town Belt. Verdict — " Accidentally Drowned." An inquest was held on the 27th April, instant, at the Clarendon Hotel, Esk-street, ok the body of Thomas Christie, who was found hanging in a stable, in Esk-street. Verdict — " That deceased hanged himself on the 26 th instant, while in a state of temporary insanity, from intoxicating drink." An inquest was held on the 4th instant at the Odd Fellows Hall, Riverton, upon the body of John Oton Burton, who died suddenly in his bed, on the morning of the 4th instant. Verdict — " Died by the visitation of God." James Curns, arrested by Sergeant Shury, and charged with stealing wearing apparel from the ship "England," has beon sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Allen M'Kay, arrested by mounted Constable Hawkshaw, on a charge of vagrancy, was sentenced to 24 hours' imprisonment, and cautioned. William Campbell, arrested by Sergeant O'Keeffe for stealing tobacco, has been committed fbr trial. Martin Connor, arrested by Sergeant O'Keeffe for stealing ftrois tlie person, haa been committed for-tfial*

Edward Clarke, arrested by Constable Tuohy for indecent exposure, has been fined 20s: ' •- Archibald M'Donald (vide Southland Police Gazette, *)th April, 1866, No. 3, page 9), has been arrested by mounted Constable Blakely, of the Otago Constabulary, at Switzer's, was fined five pounds, or two months' imprisonment. Q-eorge Stevens, charged with cattle stealing, arrested by Sergeant-Major Chapman,, has been committed for trial. List* of prisoners discharged from H. M. Gaol at Invercargill, since publication of last list : — James Cochran, tried at Invercargill, 3rd Oct., 1865, for being the occupier of a house frequented by reputed thieves, &c, &c. ; sentence, six months' hard labor; an Irishman, a carter, born 1819,5 feet 10 inches high, stout build, fresh complexion, black hair, hazel eyes. See Gazette, 2nd January, 1865 David Boylin, tried at Riverton, 22nd March, 1866, for larceny, sentence twelve days' hard labor, a Scotchman, a seaman, born 1838, 5 feet seven inches high, medium build, fresh complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, half circle tattoed on third finger of right hand; three scars on thumb of left hand. Margaret Cochran, tried at Invercargill, 9th January, 1866, for unlawfully occupying a house in Esk-street, frequented by parties having no visible means of support, sentence, two months' hard labor ; a native of Tasmania, born 1848, 5 feet 1 inch high, medium build, fresh complexion, dark hair, hazle eyes, mark of cut on right temple. William Bryant, tried at Campbelltown, 7jb March, 1866, for breach of Merchant Shipp»g Act, sentence, six weeks' hard labor; a nati c of Sydney, a seaman, born 1819, 6 feet half-inch high, stout build, dark complexion, dark hair, grey eyes, nose been broken, mark of cut on bridge of nose, mark of cut on right eye, hair turning grey. Also five others confined for debt, drunkenness, and other minor offences.