| Description | Name and rank: William Murdoch
Date joined: 14 Feb 1863
Age: 29 years
Crimes and punishment:
22 Jun 1863 not fetching his prisoner from gaol according to orders, cautioned by the Chief Constable
17 Mar 1865 being in a brewery at 12.20am when on duty, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
1 May 1865 being absent from his duty on his beat from 2 to 3am, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
2 Oct 1865 being worse for liquor and off his beat at 1am yesterday, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
3 Jan 1866 being drunk when on duty at 8pm yesterday, fined 1 days pay by the Watch Committee
7 Apr 1866 being drunk when going on duty at 7pm on the 5th inst., fined 1 days pay by the Watch Committee
20 Jul 1865 for bringing three men to the Station House and charging them with assaulting him, he being drunk at the time, reprimanded by [the] Watch Committee
11 Aug 1866 for being drunk when in charge of a prisoner at the Police Court charged with felony at 1pm yesterday, fined 2 days pay and reprimanded by [the] Watch Committee
22 May 1867 for being drunk when on duty at 1.40am when in plain clothes, fined 2 days pay 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). |