| Description | Name and rank: John Short
Date joined: 27 Dec 1851
Age: 27 years
Crimes and punishment:
16 Oct 1861 reporting himself sick when coming on duty at 9pm when he was not sick and the Surgeon reported him fit for duty, reprimanded by the Chief Constable
26 Dec 1861 being drunk when on duty in Sitwell Street at 1am, fined 1 days pay by [the] Chief Constable
13 Oct 1862 being drunk at home when for duty at 8pm on the 11th, fined 1 days pay by [the] Chief Constable
14 Apr 1863 being absent from his beat from 3.40 to 4.25am and when found was in the railway watch house, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
22 Dec 1863 being drunk when on duty in Church Lane at 1.30am, fined 3 days pay and reprimanded [by the] Watch Committee
26 Mar 1864 being drunk when on duty in Dock Office Row at 11.25pm [on] the 25th inst. also assaulting Sergeant Hill and wilfully breaking the gas fittings in the Reserve Room, 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). |