| Description | Name and rank: James Sheeran Date joined: 22 May 1856 Age: 33 years
Crimes and punishment: 31 Dec 1856 being drunk when on duty at the Town Hall at 3pm, fined 1 days pay by [the] Watch Committee 11 Mar 1857 being absent from his post at the Town Hall, fined one shilling by [the] Chief Constable 28 May 1857 noy finding a door open on his beat, reprimanded by [the] Watch Committee 18 Sep 1858 being sat down when on duty at 3:10am, fined one days pay by [the] Chief Constable 23 Nov 1859 being worse for liquor when attending the Chief Constable's office, fined one shilling and sixpence by [the] Chief Constable 18 Jan 1860 being drunk when coming off duty at 2pm, fined two days pay by [the] Watch Committee 11 Jun 1860 being absent from his beat from 3:45am to 4am, cautioned by [the] Chief Constable 1 Jan 1862 being worse for liquor when parading for duty at 2pm, fined 1 days pay by [the] Watch Committee 1 Feb 1862 being drunk when coming off duty at 6am, fined 1 days pay by [the] Chief Constable 9 Oct 1862 being worse for liquor when for duty at 9pm, fined 1 days pay by [the] Chief Constable 13 Jul 1863 being 30 minutes late for duty at 9pm, cautioned by [the] Chief Constable 21 Sep 1863 being 30 minutes late for duty at 5pm, cautioned by [the] Chief Constable 18 Dec 1863 being drunk when on duty at the Town Hall, fined 2 days pay by [the] Watch Committee 4 Nov 1864 being in an outhouse when on duty at 1.30am , fined 1 days pay by [the] Watch Committee 27 Feb 1865 being asleep in a watch box when on duty at 12.55am, fined 1 shilling by [the] Chief Constable 15 Jun 1866 for not finding a door open on his beat, cautioned by [the] Chief Constable 23 Mar 1867 being in a dram shop when on duty at 11.30pm , fined 1 shilling and sixpence by [the] Chief Constable 26 Sep 1867 being drunk when on duty at 1.15am, fined 1 days pay by [the] Watch Committee 3 Sep 1868 being drunk when on duty at 1.50am, fined 3 days pay by [the] Watch Committee 19 Nov 1868 being absent from duty and when found was drunk, fined 2 days pay by [the] Watch Committee 8 Mar 1869 being drunk when coming off duty at 9pm, fined 1 weeks pay by [the] Watch Committee 4 Apr 1870 being drunk when off duty at 5pm, fined 4 days pay by [the] Watch Committee 13 May 1871 loitering and talking when on duty at 3am, fined 1 shilling and sixpence by [the] Chief Constable 22 May 1871 being drunk when on duty at 12.40am, fined 2 days pay by [the] Watch Committee 27 Jul 1871 being drunk when off duty at 2am, reduced to 2nd class by [the] Watch Committee 7 Aug 1872 resigned on superannuation allowance
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