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Police gazettes provided information and instructions to members of the police force. You can expect the New South Wales Police Gazettes to include the following information that will usually list names and sometimes personal details, descriptions with photograph. Addresses and/or occupations may be an added bonus for the researcher:
- apprehensions
- complainants
- deaths in public places
- escapees and absconders from custody
- lost or stolen property and stock - names of victims; sketches of jewellery and watches
- deserting wives, families, etc
- deserting from military service
- deserting from merchant vessels
- inquests
- missing friends
- persons suspected or wanted for a crime and warrants issued
- police promotion examination results and appointments
- prisoners discharged from gaols
- prisoners released on tickets of leave (under licence)
- prohibited immigrants
Example entry from 16 January, 1929
Stealing from the Person
Sydney.--A warrant has been issued by the Central Police Bench for the arrest of ALBERT EDWARD NYE, charged with attempting to steal the sum, of 16s. from the person of Edward Lloyd Sanders, at Sydney, on the 30th November, 1928. Offender is about 30 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches high, medium build, dark complexion and hair, brown eyes, scar on right side of chin; a clerk; a well-known pickpocket; usually dressed in a dark-blue suit, and a grey felt hat. Identical with offender Edward Johnson, alias Albert Farrell (vide Photo.-book 104, page 293). Offender was arrested for this offence, but failed to appear on bail at the Central Police Court on the 7th instant.
High quality scanned images of the whole year's worth of issues. This CD has been bookmarked for easy navigation, and pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
Click here to download a file of sample pages from this book Right click on the link and select "save as" - to a location on your hard drive. The sampler can be opened, navigated and searched as with the full CD file/s. Sample files usually contain the title page, contents, some introductory pages and sample pages from the body of the book. Often the complete index from the original book is included.
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- Adobe Reader 6 or later is recommended for CDs with searchable text
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