Criminals

Date: 1879-1938

By: Cruickshank, Alexander, 1856-1938

Reference: MSX-4408

Description: A collection of newspaper clippings and other material, relating to the police career of Alexander Cruickshank, both in New Zealand and in Western Samoa; includes handwritten reminiscences, especially relating to early life in Scotland Source of title - Transcribed Cruickshank was born in Scotland, arrived at Bluff in 1878 on the Waitara and joined the Armed Constabulary. He served in the police at Lower Hutt, and in other parts of New Zealand. In 1915 he became inspector and in 1921 superintendent. From 1922-1926 he was appointed commissioner of police in Samoa Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, printed matter

Date: 1863

From: Speer, William Henry d 1867 :[Speer album] 1860-1867

By: James, Absolom, active 1860s

Reference: E-395-013

Description: A letter written by James Absolom. A note below by William Speer, explains that James was a ticket-of-leave convict who set himself 'up as a store-keeper for a short time in Southland, he bolted from place to place letting in many - he was an accomplished swindler'. . Quantity: 1 holograph. Physical Description: Ink text, glued to pages

Date: 1914

From: Whittaker, Ian :Photographs of the Mokau District and Amy Bock

Reference: 1/2-094176-F

Description: Amy Bock, photographed in 1914 in Mokau, New Plymouth, by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1999

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-558-042/063

Description: Political cartoons. Nato forces are briefed on their bombing target which is surrounded by civilian services like hospitals and schools. The Police encourage IBM to take their INCIS computer and jump off a bridge. IBM spent millions of taxpayer dollars on creating a new Police computer system that never worked. Mt Eden prison guards try to work out how prisoners are getting out and drugs getting in. Admidst the ruins of Belgrade Milosevic stands victorious. The Police consider getting rid of the INCIS computer to a crime consortium believing it will stop them dead in their tracks like it has done to the Police. Milosevic uses peace talks to buy time to destroy war crimes evidence. Police operations are stoped in their tracks by the weight of the INCIS computer disaster. Comment on retailers selling liquor to underagedrinkers The Serbs pull out of Kosovo as Nato forces enter the area. Comment on the New Zealand cricket team making hard work out of limited over cricket. The Soviets welcome the Nato forces to Yugoslavia. Shows a ship load of Chinese boat people on a collision course with New Zealand as the National coalition Government passes emergency legislation allowing mass, indefinite detention of asylum seekers. Inland Revenue Department assures the public that all small and powerless taxpayers are bullied equally. Serbia puts the blame for large scale death and destruction in Kosovo on the Nato bombing campaign. Shows newspaper ad for a crown entity boss, all perks and no responsibility. Minister of Immigration, Tuariki Delamere sets one standard for migrants and another for himself and his family. Jenny Shipley shoots TV news presenter, John Hawkesby in the head with a rubber arrow. He received a substantial pay-out when his contract was terminated. The Mongrel Mob supports Tony Ryall's plans to introduce tougher penalties for home invasion, if it relates to their homes being invaded but not their neighbours. Comment on breach of privilege by the Prime Minister Jenny Shipley and TVNZ over the John Hawkesby pay-out. Rugby supporters froze to their seats during a recent rugby match. Poor school results restrict career options for students. Jenny Shipley has put both her feet in her mouth over the John Hawkesby TVNZ pay-out affair. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1866-1869

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

By: Mabille, Theophilus, active 1860s-1870s; Hodgson and Friend (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-165

Description: Album with pages shaped to allow photographs to be inserted into oval or rectangular slots, empty except for five images near the end of the album. One is of two unidentified people wearing native costume; the other four are lithographs of the four criminals involved in the Maungatapu murders in 1866. The men were members of the Burgess gang, Richard Burgess, Thomas Kelly, Philip Levy and Joseph Sullivan. Inscriptions: Album page - `Mrs H A White from her loveing son Henery, August 4th '69 [i.e. [1869]' Some authorities say Theophilus Mabille was the artist. Copies of the portraits can also be found in `A series of sketches illustrating the principal incidents in connection with the Maungatapu murders, with portraits of the prisoners from photographs taken in Nelson Gaol / drawn by Hodgson & Friend', Nelson, Old Post Office, [1866]. (Turnbull Library pamphlets Pam 1866 HOD 587). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Heavily embossed and decorated leather cover, 15 x 23 cm

Date: 1979

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[One folder of original cartoons concerning air travel. Published in the Auckland Star, 1978 - 1988].

Reference: A-333-042

Description: The cartoon shows an old fashioned robber waiting by an airport runway. He is riding a horse, has a mask across his eyes and is brandishing a pistol. A saddle bag on his horse reads, Mangere. Several planes are lined up with the runway, ready to land. Refers to Auckland airport. Negatives at PA Collection 5371 Bromhead Collection Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card, 280 x 200mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: 1981

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-135-821

Description: Shows three scenes. In the top right a traveller is being frisked at the passport desk. When he objects he is told he is being checked for 'guns, bombs, drugs or abducted children'. In the lower left Muldoon is presenting his passport at the desk while the passport officers listen to him muttering about the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser. In the lower right 'the criminal element', two shady looking men are about to travel. One is holding six passports, trying to decide which one to use. Extended Title - The average N.Z.er may dislike the prospect of having to produce a passport - but it will help the Australians to sort out any suspicious characters - and certainly create problems for the criminal element Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone, 445 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1967

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: A-319-007

Description: Shows the Hon J R Hanan seated behind his desk, while his secretary enters and summarises his mail. George Wilder was a prisoner who escaped several times. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed and dated] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing with letratone, on sheet 289 x 376 mm.

Date: 1790

By: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764; Blake, William, 1757-1827

Reference: C-048-002

Description: One of a series of views purporting to illustrate Gay's Beggar's Opera, but actually satirising class differences and (in this case) the legal profession and legal practice in England. Polly Peachum is on her knees pleading for the life of MacHeath in a courtroom Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 454 x 579 mm

Date: 1886 [ca 1920]

By: Bateson, Charles Henry, 1903-1974

Reference: MS-Papers-8808

Description: Unpublished draft article by Henry Bateson on John Caffrey and Henry Penn, who in 1886 murdered a settler, Robert Taylor, on Great Barrier Island. Apparently the article was one of a series, called `Remarkable rogues, pen pictures of notable New Zealand criminals'. Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1994 - 2000

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper); Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Sunday star times (Newspaper); Manawatu standard (Newspaper); Nelson evening mail (Newspaper)

Reference: H-629-001/013

Description: 15 cartoon photocopies on Australia/New Zealand topics from 1994-2000 period which were published in the Christchurch Press, Otago Daily Times, Sunday Star Times, Manawatu Standard, Nelson Mail, Northern Advocate, Evening Post. Quantity: 15 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies of black ink cartoons.

Date: 1863 - 1865

From: Speer, William Henry d 1867 :[Speer album] 1860-1867

Reference: E-395-008

Description: An advertisement for a free billiards room in Dunedin, July 12 1863. A poem purporting to come from Darlinghurst Gaol, Sydney, 30 August 1864 about the confort of being a prisoner compared with the lot of the poor on the streets. An invitation to supper and a ball on 17 July 1863 from Mr & Mrs Salek of Tay Street, Invercargill to 'Mr Spier & ladies'. A ticket for a box seat for Sangleekur Bhomasoor Hindu Drama, possibly in Sri Lanka, 1865 Quantity: 2 newsclippings. 2 letterpress. Physical Description: Newsclippings, printed items, sizes vary

Date: 1999

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-587-022/043

Description: Political cartoons. Jack Elder tries to explain his innocence in awarding a travel grant to a school cultural group containing colleagues' daughters. NZ First waken from political death in time to campaign for the 1999 General election. A green lipped muscle reads scary stories from the book 'Tales from the Lab' to his children. Refers to research into cancer cures. Infant looks suspiciously at mother's nipple and opts for the scrambled egg if there's any chance of the milk having been genetically modified or irradiated. NZ and Australian Ministers of Health have declared war on depression. A drepressed man says over the breakfast table, when politicians start slashing their wrist in large numbers, then he'll cheer up. Over a beer two men discuss All Black coach, John Hart's performance. Police warn the public of an IBM fugitive. Refers to the IBM scoop of public money for a Police computer main-frame that never eventuated. Politicians avoid the responsibility of the INCIS Police computer fiasco. Media woman interviews state minister on the tit for tat shooting down of Indian and Pakistan military planes. She suggests there may be a risk of it leading to nuclear war. The minister says they'll cross that bridge when they come to it. Helen Clark and Jenny Shipley battle it out in the preferred Prime Minister Polls. Shows the Statue of Liberty with a gun to her head. The caption says, 'tighten up the gun laws America, or the lady gets it...' Boris Yeltsin appoints his 5th Prime Minister in 17 months. The new Prime Minister looks distincly uneasy as his chair sits on a trap-door. Shows and elephant (IBM) being sting by a bee (Bill Birch). Refers to the Police INCIS computer fiasco. Earthquake rocks Turkey, they call for help. Academics discuss the government's five-step knowledge-based economy plan to restore NZ's stand of living. One says, 'Sounds fabulous, except that you can't take two steps across an abyss...' New Zealand Black Caps beat the English cricket team. World athletics is shackled by the weight of the illegal use of performance enhancing drugs. Mike Moore leaves government politics with a sense of freedom at last. Possible outcome of mixing human genes into cows. Petrol Companies hold motorists to ransom with higher petrol prices. The shadow of violence hangs over voting in East Timor. Derek Quigley steers the select committee looking into decommissioning NZ's air-strike capability. National are alarmed as they thought Quigley was on their side. Quantity: 22 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: [199-]

From: Platts-Mills, John, 1906-2001 : Autobiography

Reference: MS-Papers-6773-2

Description: Visit to Russia with ASYFA delegates (includes reference to Paddy Costello), Post-war at the Bar, visits to Romania and Prague in late 1940s, Italian Socialist Party and Pietro Nenni, Cold War, membership of Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, 1948 Olympic Games in London, further reminiscences about his parliamentary career and defeat in the 1950 election, Peace Movement of 1950s, visit to New Zealand in 1951, defence of Jock Barnes. Discusses Stalinism, British-Soviet Friendship Society and Society for Cultural Relations with USSR, further reminiscences about 1950s legal cases and law career in England and British Guiana, Iraq and Tunisia in 1960s, visit to North Vietnam as guest of Vietnam Bar Association, visit to South Africa in 1967, further notable legal cases including Kray Gang and Conway/Roberts vs Kodak, return to politics in mid-1960s, defence of Dr Safo-Adu in Ghana in 1991. Brief notes on his 6 sons - Tim, Jonathan, Tom, Barney, Ben and Mark Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1997

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-448-001/021

Description: Political cartoons. Obituary for Diana, Princess of Wales 1961-1997 The ethics of the press are questioned following the death of Princess Diana. Judge Beattie refuses to eave the bar gracefully following an investigation into improper claiming for work related expenses. Farmers spread the RCD virus in an attempt to control the rabbit population. The National/NZ First coalition government are in danger of self destructing due to internal fighting. The oppostion is left to watch from the sideline. Diana's funeral is seen by millions around the world. Obituary to Mother Teresa 1910-1997. Rabbits warn their children about eating RCD infected carrots. Comment on the perceived leniency of the courts toward violent offenders. Christine Fletcher leaves Parliament and takes up the position of Auckland Mayor. Men discuss Otago's persistent off-side play in a rugby game against Wellington. Otago won as the referee didn't pick up most of the off-side play. Jim Bolger dreams of being an Egyptian sun king while weilding draconian powers over his slaves. The scales of justice are weighed in favour of Judge Beattie as he refuses to accept any fault in fraud allegations, Judge Hesketh however repays monies in dispute.. Nationals Minister of Health, Bill English, explains how market-driven health reforms will work. Conjugal rights given to male prisoners. Jim Bolger joins the call for new leadership in Nationals ranks and thinks he's the right person for the job. Doctors callously discuss the pros and cons of not giving a patient kidney dialysis. The National/NZ First coalition government unravels itself. Rau Williams is left to the mercy of the NZ medical system as to whether or not he'll receive life-saving procedures. Winston Peters refuses to believe his party has lost its support. Jim Bolger takes charge of his troubled coalition government. Quantity: 21 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1974

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

Reference: B-134-508/568

Description: Cartoons commenting on social and political life in 1974 including power cuts, crime, the economy, cricket, rugby, the British goverment and nuclear testing by France, India and China. Quantity: 60 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings Provenance: Donation:

Date: 1945 - 1950

By: McNamara, John Joseph, 1918-2001

Reference: A-369-088/098

Description: Collection of political cartoons published in The Southern Cross which mainly relate to Sidney Holland and his conservative policies, as well as the New Zealand forces that were sent to Japan after its deafeat in World War II. Also contains cartoons that are specific to the Wellington region with particular reference to mayor William Appleton and the prison on Mt Crawford. International issues are also adressed; especially those relating to Britain's class sysyem and the social problems that the nation faced in the aftermath of World War II. Quantity: 11.

Date: 2002

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-689-014/028

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Topics include High Telcom fees for rural phone connections Sky Casino reneging on a pledge to Queenstown community Funding ACC from petrol taxation MP Winston Peter's anti-Asian immigration stance Language testing for immigrants Supertanker accidents The performance of Bill English, Leader of the National Party Princess Anne's conviction for not keeping proper control of her dog Drug taking in prisons Windy days in Auckland preventing America's Cup racing and the spraying for the painted apple moth Qantas buying into Air New Zealand The proposal to build a new prison at Milburn Fonterra redundancies Quantity: 15 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 2000

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-

Reference: H-619-001/035

Description: 35 cartoons on political and social subjects published in the Otago Daily Times. Topics include golf and rugby, the weather, National member of Parliament Murray McCully stirring up scandals, Prime Minister Helen Clark's pronouncements and policy on golden handshakes for S.O.E. executives, political mud-slinging, high petrol prices, US Presidential candidate George W. Bush's record in capital punishment, the Employment Relations Bill and the Labour government's response to public opinion, good faith bargaining, the police and sensitivity to maori culture, domestic violence among Maori, Helen Clark's leadership style, the Russian submarine disaster, the falling New Zealand dollar, junior doctors leaving New Zealand, Maori grievances, the treatment of aborigines in Australia, emigration from New Zealand, the use of the word 'holocaust' by the Associate Minister of Maori Affairs, the Waitangi Fisheries Commission, prison conditions, Green Party protests against free trade, payouts to gang members. Quantity: 35 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

Date: 1991 - 1992

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: B-144-403/428

Description: Includes cartoons about: Police arrest men wearing threatening T-shirts; the manhunt for criminal Dean Wickliffe; prison security at Paremoremo Prison; guns for grocieries amnesty; police greet John Banks the Minister of Police; petty crime in New Zealand; Ross Meurant selling guns to overseas buyers; Robert Philpott released after short time in prison; successful bank robbers will be able to afford their son's university education; police handout teddy bears to distressed children; judges reject pay-rise; total drinking ban on teenage drivers; Black Power gathering gets conditional approval; parents chide drug-pusher; gangs attack public violently; frightened dairy owners have guns under the counter; judges no longer wear wigs; Prime Minister Bolger talks to a cardboard cut-out of Police Minister John Banks; speed video cameras should be used wisely; a victim of violent crime; police arrest murderer of English tourist Margery Hopegood;many lawyers in prison; women in the Police Force; extremely short prison sentences; cheaper to keep prisoners at the Ritz than in prison; wearing a white collar may ensure a lighter sentence. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Arrangement: Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Quantity: 26 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 420 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.