| Description | Name and rank: Sergeant William Blackburn
Date joined: 21 Dec 1837
Age: 23 years
Crimes and punishment:
6 Jun 1840 promoted to the rank of Sergeant
9 Jan 1847 being three quarters of an hour late at the Town Hall, he having charge of the property and the key of the room where it was deposited during the Sessions, fined 1 days pay by the Watch Committee
23 Jan 1856 neglecting to give some property into store found on a prisoner convicted at the Sessions, cautioned by the Watch Committee
29 Sep 1857 not reporting PC76 Wright for neglect of duty, severely reprimanded by the Watch Committee
8 Jul 1859 having insulted Mrs Moore wife of Captain Moore on the night of the 6th instant, severely reprimanded and fined one week's pay by the Watch Committee
5 Feb 1862 resigned on superannuation allowance
Rewards for good conduct:
2 Nov 1845 general good conduct - £0.15.0
4 Nov 1847 general good conduct - £1.16.0
Notes:
Includes: dates of offences; type of crime committed; punishment and the age of offender; resignations and deaths; rewards for good conduct (monetary). |