Hi Grantley,
From the SA police journals I note the NZ incarceration was not his first . Looking at this it would seem he entered NZ after June 1877 and returned prior to Jan 1888
26 May 1875Henry Lyons
ROE, arrested by Sergeant Sullivan, for forgery, at Adelaide - committed.
14 July 1875ROE Henry Lyons, tried at the Supreme Court, for forgery - three years hard labor.
13 Jun 1877Prisoners to be discharged from YatalaHenry Lyons
ROE, tried at Supreme Court on the 8th June, 1875, for forgery upon James C. Wilkinson, at Adelaide, three years' hard labor ; a native of Western Australia ; a stockholder ; born 1843; height, 5ft. 9 tin. ; complexion, fresh ; hair, brown ; eyes, hazel ; nose, long and pointed ; mouth, small ; chin round ; vaccine both arms ; scar on right knee. - Freedom due 13th June, 1877.
4 Jan 1888Arthur J.
COATES, age about 45, height about 5ft. 10in., fair complexion, dark-brown hair, whiskers, beard, and a prominent nose, for obtaining on the 24th ultimo, from W. & T. Rhodes, at Adelaide, goods to the value of £2, and £3 cash, in return for a valueless cheque for £5 on the Bank of South Australia.- (C.2457/87.)
NOTE.-There are other like charges against this man, who is believed identical with Henry Lyons
ROE (see Police Gazette, 1877, page 95, " Prisoners Discharged.")
8 Jan 1890Vide Police Gazette, 1888, page 2. Arthur J.
COATES, alias Henry Lyons
ROE, on warrant, for false pretences, and has been arrested by the Sydney Detective Police. (C.2457/87.)
Henry Lyons
ROE, alias Arthur J.
COATES, by the New South Wales Police, Sydney, for false pretences on W. & T. Rhodes, and forging and uttering to Fredk. Basle, Cawthorne & Co., and Elizabeth Mary Perryman, Adelaide - six months on first charge, committed on others.
Mar 12 1890Prisoners tried at The Supreme CourtROE Henry Lyons, forging and uttering - five years.
Jun 18 1890InquestsAt Yatala Labor Prison, on the 16th instant, on the body of Henry Lyons
ROE. Verdict - "Died from natural causes."
Cheers Kris
