| Description | Name and rank: William Dresser
Date joined: 5 Jun 1847
Age: 23 years
Crimes and punishment:
1 Oct 1847 being drunk in Finkle Street when on duty at 7.45pm and being absent from duty all night, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
14 Oct 1847 being absent fom his lodgings all night, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
27 Nov 1847 being absent from his beat from 1.30 to 3am when found drunk, fined 2 days pay by the Watch Committee
13 Jan 1848 being the worse for liquor when on duty at the Sessions, fined 2 days pay and severely reprimanded by the Chief Constable
8 Apr 1848 being drunk at quarter past 8 o'clock last night when on duty, fined 3 days pay and severely reprimanded by the Watch Committee
25 Aug 1848 being drunk on duty at 12.45am yesterday, fined 3 days pay [and] if drunk again [to be] dismissed by the Watch Committee
16 May 1850 being drunk on duty at three quarters past 2 o'clock this morning, severely reprimanded by the Watch Committee
23 Jul 1853 resigned in consequence of the Watch Committee refusing to advance his wages [by] three shillings per week
29 Jul 1853 reappointed
10 May 1854 resigned by permission of the Watch Committee on going into business as a licensed victualler
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). |