| Description | Name and rank: John Edward Benson
Date joined: 20 Nov 1846
Age: 27 years
Crimes and punishment:
11 Sep 1848 being in the Pilot Boy when on duty, cautioned by the Chief Constable
17 Apr 1850 being in the Humber Tavern when on duty at 2.15am, reprimanded by the Watch Committee
18 Aug 1852 being drunk and fighting in the Bee Hive public house yesterday, fined 2 days pay by the Watch Committee
18 Oct 1852 sitting asleep on a doorstep in High Street at 3.15am when on duty, fined 1 days pay by [the] Chief Constable
8 Feb 1853 being the worse for liquor when coming off duty at 6am, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
31 Aug 1853 being in the Neptune public house when on duty at 12.45am, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
15 Feb 1855 being drunk when on duty in Wincolmlee at 12.55am, fined 1 days pay and reprimanded by the Watch Committee
31 Aug 1855 being sat down and asleep in a yard in York Street at 5am when on duty, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
24 Jun 1857 being absent from his beat [for] three quarters of an hour, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
7 Aug 1857 being worse for liquor when on duty at 3.3am, fined 1 days pay by the Watch Committee
9 Mar 1858 being in a bake house in Etherington Place smoking his pipe at 5.35am when on duty, fined 1 shilling and sixpence and reprimanded by the Chief Constable
11 Mar 1858 being absent from his beat [for] forty five minutes, fined 3 days pay and reprimanded [by the] Watch Committee
15 Nov 1860 being drunk when on duty in the market at 1.20am, fined 1 days pay and reprimanded [by the] Watch Committee
10 Aug 1863 being drunk when on duty at 2.30am on Sunday, fined 1 days pay by [the] Chairman
16 Dec 1863 being absent from duty from 2.15 to 2.45am and when found was coming out of a public house, fined 1 days pay and reprimanded [by the] Watch Committee
17 Dec 1863 being in the Corn Exchange dram shop at 3.50am when on duty, fined 3 days pay and reprimanded [by the] Watch Committee
4 Nov 1864 being worse for liquor when going on duty at 5pm yesterday, fined 1 days pay and reprimanded by [the] Watch Committee
30 May 1865 using insubordinate language to his superior officer and refusing to obey his orders in Lime Street at 2.30am, fined 3 days pay and severely reprimanded by the Watch Committee
20 Sep 1865 being sat asleep on some stairs at 4.10am yesterday when on duty, fined 1 days pay and reprimanded by the Watch Committee
21 Nov 1866 for being worse for liquor when on duty at 1.15am, fined 2 days pay and reprimanded by the Watch Committee
31 Jan 1867 resigned on superannuation allowance
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). |