| Description | Name and rank: James Dillon
Date joined: 27 Mar 1862
Age: 28 years
Crimes and punishment:
19 Jun 1862 being asleep when on duty at 3.35am, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
28 Jun 1862 being in plain clothes without leave and demanding 10 shillings from the Mate of the brig Fortuns in consequence of him/the Mate/ having some prostitutes on board, fined 4 days pay and severely reprimanded [by the] Watch Committee
8 Jul 1862 being drinking in a dram shop when on duty at 1am in company with P.C.52, fined 2 days pay and reprimanded and told the next time he comes that he will be dismissed [by the] Watch Committee
27 Aug 1862 being in a dram shop at 3.10pm when on duty, cautioned by the Watch committee
1 Sep 1862 being absent from parade at 12.30pm on the 31st Aug. also for being drunk, causing a disturbance and assaulting his wife in Harcourt Street at 1.30am on the 31st Aug. when on [the] sick list, dismissed
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). |