| Description | Name and rank: Joseph Murphy
Date joined: 23 Sep 1857
Age: 25 years
Crimes and punishment:
19 May 1858 being asleep in a passage at 2.10am when on duty, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
28 Aug 1858 neglecting to attend the Station at half past 9am to take his prisoner to the Police Court, severely reprimanded by the Chief Constable
30 Apr 1859 being drunk in Parliament Street when on duty at 5.30pm, fined 2 days pay and reprimanded [by the] Watch Committee
20 Jun 1859 being absent from his lodgings until 12.15am without leave, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable.
14 Oct 1859 for making use of insubordinate language to Sergeant Edgecombe and being worse for liquor at the time, severely reprimanded by the Chief Constable
5 Apr 1860 being worse for liquor when reporting himself sick at 8.40pm, fined 3 days pay and reprimanded [by the] Watch Committee
30 Mar 1861 being drunk when coming on duty at 9pm, fined 2 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
17 Apr 1861 being absent from duty yesterday and [in] plain clothes without leave, dismissed from the Force
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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). |