New Zealand Gazette – 1863 – No. 52

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✨ Military Appointments and Execution



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 339

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 5th October, 1863.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ments in the Colonial Defence Force, under
the "Colonial Defence Force Act, 1862,"
viz.:
Chief Inspector George Stoddart Whit-
more to be Commandant. Date of
Commission, 1st July, 1863.
James Townsend Edwards to be Com-
mandant. Date of Commission, 30th
July, 1863.
Richard Blackburn Leatham to be In-
spector. Date of Commission, 15th
July, 1863.
William Robertson to be Inspector.
Date of Commission, 14th August,
1863.
Samuel Deighton to be Inspector. Date
of Commission, 1st September, 1863.
Herbert Vernon Lillicrap to be Sub-
Inspector. Date of Commission 31st
July, 1863.
John Alexander Percy to be Sub-
Inspector. Date of Commission 2nd
August, 1863.
Paul Kingdon to be Sub-Inspector.
Date of Commission, 3rd August,
1863.
Maillard Noake to be Sub-Inspector.
Date of Commission, 11th September,
1863.
T. RUSSELL.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Judicial Department,
2nd October, 1863.
THE following Certificate and Declaration
are published in conformity with the
Provisions of the "Execution of Criminals
Act, 1858."
ALFRED DOMETT.
We do hereby testify and declare that we
have this day been present when the extreme
penalty of the Law was carried into execution
on the body of Richard Harper, convicted at
the Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Court,
held at Auckland on the 4th day of
September instant, and sentenced to Death;

and that the said Richard Harper was, in
pursuance of the said sentence, hanged by the
neck until his body was dead.

Dated this 22nd day of
September, in the year
1863, at the Stockade,
Mount Eden, the place
of execution.

L. O'Brien, Sheriff.
Patrick Flynn, Gaoler.
John T. Crowe, Turnkey.
T. M. Philson M.D., Medical Practitioner.
J. O'Neill, V.J., Justice of the Peace.
John Frederick Lloyd, Minister of St. Pauls.
Thos. Kerr, Clerk.
Chas. Williamson
Jos. Rogers
Thomas Shoal
H. Adams
Thomas Cole
William Paine
John King
Samuel W. Ruddell
Richard Harnett
Jas. Cooper
John Shirlock
Richard Merrick
Phillip Halloran
Thomas White
John Hawthorn
Job Perkins
Other Spectators.

I, THOMAS MOORE PHILSON, M.D., Medical
Officer in attendance at the execution of
Richard Harper, at the Stockade, Mount
Eden, do hereby certify and declare that I
have this day witnessed the execution of the
said Richard Harper, at the said Gaol; and
I do further certify and declare that the said
Richard Harper was, in pursuance of the
sentence of the Supreme Court, hanged by
the neck until his body was dead.

Given under my hand this
22nd day of September,
1863, at the Stockade,
Mount Eden, the place
of execution.

T. M. PHILSON, M.D.,
Provincial Surgeon.

Printed and published by ROBERT J. CREIGHTON and ALFRED SCALES, for the New Zealand
Government, at the Printing Office, O'Connell Street.



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🛡️ Appointments in the Colonial Defence Force

🛡️ Defence & Military
5 October 1863
Colonial Defence Force, Commandant, Inspector, Sub-Inspector, Commissions
9 names identified
  • George Stoddart Whitmore, Appointed Commandant, date 1 July 1863
  • James Townsend Edwards, Appointed Commandant, date 30 July 1863
  • Richard Blackburn Leatham, Appointed Inspector, date 15 July 1863
  • William Robertson, Appointed Inspector, date 14 August 1863
  • Samuel Deighton, Appointed Inspector, date 1 September 1863
  • Herbert Vernon Lillicrap, Appointed Sub-Inspector, date 31 July 1863
  • John Alexander Percy, Appointed Sub-Inspector, date 2 August 1863
  • Paul Kingdon, Appointed Sub-Inspector, date 3 August 1863
  • Maillard Noake, Appointed Sub-Inspector, date 11 September 1863

  • T. RUSSELL

⚖️ Declaration confirming execution of Richard Harper

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
22 September 1863
Execution, Criminals Act 1858, Supreme Court, Death sentence, Mount Eden Stockade
  • Richard Harper, Executed prisoner

  • ALFRED DOMETT
  • L. O'Brien, Sheriff
  • Patrick Flynn, Gaoler
  • John T. Crowe, Turnkey
  • T. M. Philson M.D., Medical Practitioner
  • J. O'Neill, V.J., Justice of the Peace
  • John Frederick Lloyd, Minister of St. Pauls
  • Thos. Kerr, Clerk
  • Chas. Williamson
  • Jos. Rogers
  • Thomas Shoal
  • H. Adams
  • Thomas Cole
  • William Paine
  • John King
  • Samuel W. Ruddell
  • Richard Harnett
  • Jas. Cooper
  • John Shirlock
  • Richard Merrick
  • Phillip Halloran
  • Thomas White
  • John Hawthorn
  • Job Perkins
  • T. M. PHILSON, M.D., Provincial Surgeon