Return to Dramatis Personae Police Magistrates (in chronological order) Michael Murphy, Police Magistrate Wellington 9 Sept 1841, Murphy was also appointed Sub-Sheriff Wellington 29 Sept 1841. Felton Mathew, Chief Police Magistrate Auckland District, 5 Jan 1841. William Cornwallis Symonds, Auckland, appointed 3 May 1841. Thomas Beckham, Russell, appointed 3 May 1841. Arthur Edward McDonogh, Hokianga, appointed 3 May 1841. Charles Barrington Robinson, Akaroa, appointed 3 May 1841. Gilbert Francis Dawson, Itinerant Magistrate in charge of the Whaling stations in Cook’s Strait, appointed 3 May 1841.