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An absoluetely amazing source of information, the 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 and sometimes a 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 taken from the 6 February 1935 issue: CRIME.
PERSONS WANTED
Assault and Robbery.
Waverley.-About 11.20 p.m. the 26th ult., Ellen Foster, 22 Bathurst-st., Woollahra, was assaulted and robbed of a black morocco envelope-shaped handbag, 12 in. x 6, stone biscuit-coloured fastener, zip fastener on innerside, containing a door key and the sum of 14s.; total value £1. Ident., except money. Whilst in that street, by a man, NAME UNKNOWN, 40 to 45, 5 ft. 6 in., nuggety build, ruddy compl.; dark clothes and a grey felt hat. Ident. doubtful.
High quality scanned images of the whole years 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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System Requirements
- Any computer using Adobe (Acrobat) Reader 4 or later
- Adobe Reader 6 or later is recommended for CDs with searchable text
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