| Description | Name and rank: Preston Cheffings
Date joined: 27 Sep 1861
Age: 28 years
Crimes and punishment:
18 Apr 1862 being drunk when on duty at 1.45am, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
27 Apr 1862 being in the Ship Molly public house when on duty at 1.30am, cautioned by the Chief Constable
15 Jun 1863 being worse for liquor when coming off duty at 3pm, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
4 Dec 1863 being drunk when on duty at 5am, fined 2 days pay [by the] Watch Committee
26 Dec 1865 being drunk when on duty at 2am, reprimanded by [the] Watch Committee
3 May 1866 leaving his beat and being in a brewery in Waterworks Street at 2.50am, reprimanded by [the] Watch Committee
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). |