| Description | Name and rank: James Dawson
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Crimes and punishment:
11 Oct 1855 being drunk at the Station House when off duty at 9pm, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
26 Dec 1855 being drunk when on duty at 4am, fined 1 days pay and severely reprimanded by the Watch Committee
31 Jan 1856 making use of abusive language to P.C. 69 Green, severely reprimanded by the Watch Committee
26 Sep 1856 being in the Blue Ball public house when on duty at 7.15am, fined 3 days pay and severely reprimanded by the Watch Committee
8 Jan 1858 coming to the Station drunk at 8.45pm when on duty, fined 2 days pay and reprimanded by the Watch Committee
6 Apr 1858 being drunk in English Street at 2am when on duty, reduced from 1st to 2nd class by the Watch Committee
20 Oct 1858 being drunk and sat on a doorstep on his beat and unfit for duty in Dock Street at 5am, fined 7 days pay and reprimanded and if he appears again before the Watch Committee for drunkenness he will be positively dismissed the Force
28 Dec 1859 promoted to 1st class
1 Jan 1860 being drunk when on duty at 5.30am fined 2 days pay by the Watch Committee
12 Feb 1862 being drunk when on duty at 3.10am fined 2 days pay and reprimanded by the Watch Committee
4 Mar 1862 being worse for liquor when going on duty at 5pm, severely reprimanded by the Chief Constable
27 Aug 1864 being drunk when coming off duty at 6am, fined 1 days pay by the Watch Committee
8 Mar 1865 ordered to retire on his superannuation allowance
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Includes: dates of offences; type of crime committed; punishment and the age of offender; resignations and deaths; rewards for good conduct (monetary). |