| Description | Name and rank: Joseph Seth Midgelow
Date joined: 26 Feb 1863
Age: 21 years
Crimes and punishment:
11 Apr 1863 being absent from his beat from 3.30 to 4am, reprimanded by the Chief Constable
6 Jun 1863 being drunk and asleep in a passage when on duty at 2am, fined 1 days pay [by the] Chief Constable
8 Jun 1863 being absent from his beat from 2.20 to 3.15am and when found was asleep in a cab in Witham, fined 3 days pay [by the] Watch Committee
11 Jan 1864 being absent from his lodgings at the Station House without leave until 12.15am, cautioned by the Chief Constable
14 Jan 1864 being in Coulson's eating house in St John's Street at 1pm when on duty and off his beat, fined 1 shilling [by the] Chief Constable
23 Jul 1864 being absent from his post at the Town Hall and talking to females at 10.30am [on the] 22nd inst., reprimanded by the Chief Constable
25 Jan 1865 being absent from his quarters at the Station the whole of last night, fined 1 shilling [by the] Chief Constable
23 Jun 1865 being absent from his beat from 2,45 to 4.30am and when found being asleep in a privy in Park Street, fined 1 days pay and reprimanded by the Watch Committee
11 Dec 1865 being absent from his beat and assisting a man to obtain drink at a public house at 2am yesterday also taking a glass of rum himself, reprimanded by the Watch Committee
Rewards for good conduct:
Notes:
Includes: dates of offences; type of crime committed; punishment and the age of offender; resignations and deaths; rewards for good conduct (monetary). |