| Description | Name and rank: Francis Ruston
Date joined: 28 Dec 1858
Age: 25 years
Crimes and punishment:
17 Jan 1859 being absent from his beat [for] 1 hour and 45 minutes, fined 1 days pay by [the] Chief Constable
11 Apr 1859 not reporting a robbery to his Sergeant that took place on his beat, severely reprimanded by the Chief Constable
16 Jan 1860 being in the Railway Company's watch house at 1.55am when on duty, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
28 Jan 1862 being absent from his duty from 3.20 to 4.15am, fined 1 shilling and sixpence by the Chief Constable
5 Feb 1862 being in his own house from 8.30 to 9am when on duty, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
9 Aug 1862 loitering on his beat in St James Street at 5.30pm, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
3 Nov 1862 being in a beerhouse on North Street when on duty at 11.20am on Sunday during divine service, fined 1 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
7 Feb 1863 being 35 minutes late for duty at 6am, cautioned by the Chief Constable
24 Mar 1863 being sat down when on duty at 3.30am, severely reprimanded by [the] Chief Constable
8 Apr 1863 being drunk when taking a prisoner at 1.45pm, fined 1 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
14 Oct 1863 being 50 minutes late for duty at 8pm yesterday, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
16 Nov 1863 being asleep in a doorway at 3am when on duty, severely reprimanded by [the] Chief Constable
4 Dec 1863 being asleep in a doorway at 4.10am when on duty, fined 2 days pay and reprimanded [by the] Watch Committee
13 Jan 1864 being off his beat in Providence Row at 10.10pm, severely reprimanded by [the] Chief Constable
2 Jan 1865 being sat asleep at 3.15am on the 1st inst. when on duty, fined 1 days pay by the Watch Committee
8 Jan 1865 being 40 minutes late for duty at 6am, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
15 Mar 1865 being 30 minutes late for duty at 6am, fined 1 shilling and sixpence by the Chief Constable
27 Sep 1865 reported for losing his new cape, ordered to pay for a new one by the Watch Committee
9 Mar 1866 being drunk when on duty at 7.10pm yesterday, fined 1 shilling by [the] Chairman [of the] Watch Committee
9 Jun 1866 neglecting his duty by loitering and talking to a man on his beat from 3.10 to 3.30am after being cautioned, fined 1 shilling and sixpence by the Chief Constable
13 Jul 1866 for not parading at the Station at 6.30pm for duty and when visited by the Sergeant at his house being drunk, fined 2 days pay [and] reprimanded [by the] Watch Committee
31 Dec 1866 being in the Prince of Wales beer house when on duty at 10.20pm yesterday also for being absent from duty on his beat and in a private house at 1.5am today, reprimanded by [the] Watch Committee
2 Jan 1867 for being in a dram shop when on duty from 12.35 to 12.55am on the first instant, fined 3 days pay by the Watch Committee and severely reprimanded
24 May 1867 being absent from duty on his beat from 3.30 to 5pm and when found being off his beat, fined 1 days pay by [the] Chief Constable
4 Jun 1867 being off his beat and in a public house when on duty at 11.45pm, fined 1 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
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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). |