de RINK Christian

[kiwi-terrier]

Good Morning from NZ

I am trying to trace a Bigamy case in Adelaide R C 31/08/1914 he was sentenced to 18 months H L.
The trouble is we think he used the names Christopher SCHMIDT and Roman Loraz SMID, do these names appear in the Adelaide S A Police Gazettes. Can they access on line like the NZ Police Gazettes.  Found those names in The Advertiser  Adelaide 8 Sep 1915 filing for divorce by wife no 1 and mentions wife no 2. We know that he used the name Christopher Lawrence SCHMIDT at some stage while living in AUS.
http://www.russiananzacs.narod.ru/ this give a bit of history on Christian and he had criminal record as well.

Hoping for some help
Regards
kiwi-terrier

[Jamjar]

Christopher’s bigamy sentence, states his wife said he had children, 5th column:

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article152725589

Added: Gives his alias, 5th column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6431067

The divorce, 3rd column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5480153

Jamjar

[matthewj64]

SA Police Gazette Sept 2 1914
Christopher Schmidt (alias Roman Lornez Smid), by Det-Sergt Fraser and M C Thompson, at Port Wakefield, charged with bigamy (feloniously and unlawfully marry one Ida Adelaide Wurst, his first wife Winafred Eleanor Schmidt being still alive); committed.

Add -
SA Police Gazette Sept 8 1915
Christopher Shmid (alias Roman Lornez Smid, alias Criss Lawrence Schmid), tried at Supreme Court, Adelaide, on August 31st, 1914, for bigamy; sentenced to 18 months' hard labor; native of North America, engineer and fitter, 35 years of age, 5ft. 7in. high, fair complexion, brown hair, light-brown eyes, almost straight nose (scar on bridge), large mouth, short chin (with dimple). Scar outside right forearm, long scar inside right thumb....(etc, etc)...Freedom due September 18th 1915

[Jamjar]

If I’m understanding this article correctly he also used the name of Christian Rangoff, a Russian, and was arrested as an enemy subject and a spy, 6th column: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209694707

Added: I can only see one Christian De Rink mentioned and he’s in WA: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70211886

There are two naturalisation records on NAA, but the won’t open for me at present,

https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/BasicSearch.aspx

Jamjar

[matthewj64]

Enlisted as Christian Rink?
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=11518247&isAv=N

[kiwi-terrier]

That's confirms he is Christian de Rink, description is a bit different to the one in NZ Police Gazettes.
The dimple is the same. He was in prison in 1912 for passing valueless cheques as well as Fraudulent conversion.
Trying to put his war photo, hopefully it comes out.

Regards
KT

[kiwi-terrier]

Thanks every one, downloaded the files, do have the 34 page file which I down loaded in 2006.
Did they put photos in the newspaper when people where charged, wondering if the photo I have is the same the police had.

Regards
KT

[matthewj64]

There's a 1919 NSW marriage Christian Rink to Teresa Tobin reg 13917/1919

[kiwi-terrier]

I have that one thanks and guess what he left her as well and ended up in NZ