Thanks Denise, that was great to read! Harry was an interesting character indeed. Dave. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise McMahon" <helendmc@powerup.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 6:47 PM Subject: [AVNE] Lots of happenings in the North East - Police Gazette > Listers I've just been reading 3 months of 1869 Police Gazette and found lots was happening at that time. > > I shall post these in case someone's rellies is listed. > > Denise > > £300 Reward > > Whereas on the morning of Saturday the 28th August last the Beechwroth and Buckland coach was stopped in Bowman's Forest Gap by a man armed with a double-barrelled gun and two revolvers, who presented his gun at the driver and ordered him to bail up, after which he ordered the passengers, four in number, to descend and lay upon the ground such money or valuables as they possessed: And whereas the said offender obtained frm Mr. Hazelton a gold watch, from the driver £2.16s in cash and 13s from a female passenger; and after robbing other persons who had in the mean time come up, he eventually gathered up his booty and rode off upon one of the horses taken from the coach, boasting at the same time that he was the person who robbed the Beechworth and Bright coach on the 7th of May last, Notice is hereby given that a Reward of Three hundred pounds will be paid by the Government for such information as will lead to the arrest and conviction of the offender who committed the outra! > ges above described. > This notification is in lieu of that which appeared in the Supplement to the Gazette issued on the 7th of September last, the latter notificiation and all copies thereof, being hereby cancelled. > > Description of the offender. > > He is described as probably English, aged 40 or 50, 5'6" or 7" in height, with a short greyish beard and heavy eyebrows. He wore a light grey sac-coat of raised pattern, light trousers, blucher boots, and a light brown felt hat. > > This man there is every reason to believe is Harry Power, alias Johnson, who escaped on the 16th of February last from the Pentridge Stockade, where he had been confined under a conviction for horse stealing at Beechworth. His description is as follows: Native of Liverpool, aged 48, 5'6½" with sallow complexion lightbrown hair, blue eyes, scar on the forehead, scar on the cheek, two scars on the right arm, scars on the left elbow, large scar on the left shin, left third finger deformed. He suffers from stricture. > > 30th November 1869 > Back in September (referred to above) the reward was only £200. > >

Dave - more coming - muddled up amongst the thefts! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave White" <bailup@alphalink.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [AVNE] Lots of happenings in the North East - Police Gazette > Thanks Denise, that was great to read! Harry was an interesting character > indeed. Dave. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Denise McMahon" <helendmc@powerup.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 6:47 PM > Subject: [AVNE] Lots of happenings in the North East - Police Gazette > > > > Listers I've just been reading 3 months of 1869 Police Gazette and found > lots was happening at that time. > > > > I shall post these in case someone's rellies is listed. > > > > Denise > > > > £300 Reward > > > > Whereas on the morning of Saturday the 28th August last the Beechwroth and > Buckland coach was stopped in Bowman's Forest Gap by a man armed with a > double-barrelled gun and two revolvers, who presented his gun at the driver > and ordered him to bail up, after which he ordered the passengers, four in > number, to descend and lay upon the ground such money or valuables as they > possessed: And whereas the said offender obtained frm Mr. Hazelton a gold > watch, from the driver £2.16s in cash and 13s from a female passenger; and > after robbing other persons who had in the mean time come up, he eventually > gathered up his booty and rode off upon one of the horses taken from the > coach, boasting at the same time that he was the person who robbed the > Beechworth and Bright coach on the 7th of May last, Notice is hereby given > that a Reward of Three hundred pounds will be paid by the Government for > such information as will lead to the arrest and conviction of the offender > who committed the outra! > > ges above described. > > This notification is in lieu of that which appeared in the Supplement to > the Gazette issued on the 7th of September last, the latter notificiation > and all copies thereof, being hereby cancelled. > > > > Description of the offender. > > > > He is described as probably English, aged 40 or 50, 5'6" or 7" in height, > with a short greyish beard and heavy eyebrows. He wore a light grey > sac-coat of raised pattern, light trousers, blucher boots, and a light brown > felt hat. > > > > This man there is every reason to believe is Harry Power, alias Johnson, > who escaped on the 16th of February last from the Pentridge Stockade, where > he had been confined under a conviction for horse stealing at Beechworth. > His description is as follows: Native of Liverpool, aged 48, 5'6½" with > sallow complexion lightbrown hair, blue eyes, scar on the forehead, scar on > the cheek, two scars on the right arm, scars on the left elbow, large scar > on the left shin, left third finger deformed. He suffers from stricture. > > > > 30th November 1869 > > Back in September (referred to above) the reward was only £200. > > > > >