| Description | Name and rank: William Horsfield
Date joined: 6 Nov 1843
Age: 23 years
Crimes and punishment:
6 Feb 1844 being in a beerhouse in Broad Entry, Scale Lane at quarter past 1am, fined one shilling by the Chief Constable
17 Apr 1844 being absent when for duty at 9pm last night, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
15 May 1844 reported for not reporting a lamp out on his beat, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
21 Aug 1844 reported for not giving up a handkerchief which he had found but gave it to a female, reprimanded by the Watch Committee
18 Sep 1844 reported for not going round his beat from 7:15 until 8pm yesterday and when found was talking to a female in Villa Place, reprimanded by the Chief Constable
11 Jan 1845 being absent from parade at the Town Hall at 8.30pm, reprimanded by the Chief Constable
3 Feb 1845 being asleep in a privy at 2:20am, fined one days pay by the Watch Committee
21 Jun 1845 being absent an hour and 5 minutes from one part of his beat this morning
9 Jul 1845 reported for being with a female upon some stairs leading to the large room at the Cross Keys Inn, reprimanded by the Watch Committee
18 Jul 1845 being in a house in Providence Street at 11:45pm, severely reprimanded by the Chief Constable
15 Apr 1846 being absent from his beat at 2:15am, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
14 Sep 1846 being absent from duty the whole of last night without leave, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
10 Jul 1847 being absent from duty at 7pm yesterday, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
24 Apr 1848 being absent from his beat from 4 to 4:30am, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
5 Jun 1848 being absent from his beat from 7:30 until 8:30pm, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
26 Mar 1849 standing gossiping with P.C.52 Hammond when on duty at 11:45pm, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
9 Dec 1849 being 20 minutes late for duty at 8:30pm, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
5 Nov 1851 being the worse for liquor when coming off duty at 2pm, severely reprimanded by the Chief Constable.
29 May 1852 being drunk when coming off duty at 2pm yesterday,returned to 2nd Class P.C. and fined 1 days pay by the Watch Committee
27 Dec 1853 being drunk when on duty at quarter before 3 o clock this morning, fined 1 days pay and severely reprimanded by the Watch Committee
27 Oct 1854 being in the Grapes public house Great Passage Street at 11.30pm [when] on duty, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
16 Sep 1855 being in the George and Dragon public house George Yard at 10:45pm drinking when on duty, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
4 Mar 1856 being absent from his beat from 7:30 to 8.30pm, severely reprimanded and fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
6 May 1856 being in the Minerva Hotel tap at 12:10am when on duty, fined 2 days pay and very severely reprimanded by the Watch Committee
15 Jul 1856 being in the John Watson public house at 9.45pm when on duty, fined 2 days pay and reprimanded by the Watch Committee
13 Oct 1856 frequenting the house of P.C.75 Fewster between the hours [of] 5 and 9pm when on duty in the month of September 1856 in the absence of Fewster, dismissed
Rewards for good conduct:
4 Nov 1847 general good conduct - £0.12.0
Notes:
Includes: dates of offences; type of crime committed; punishment and the age of offender; resignations and deaths; rewards for good conduct (monetary). |