| Description | Name and rank: William Burton
Date joined: 9 Jul 1868
Age: 26 years
Crimes and punishment:
22 Sep 1869 being absent from duty all night, fined 1 shilling and sixpence by [the] Chief Constable
29 Mar 1870 exceeding his duty by apprehending a man without sufficient cause also for being worse for drink, fined 2 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
28 Jul 1870 being in a dram shop when on duty also absent from his beat from 1.30 to 3.15am, fined 3 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
7 Nov 1871 disobeying the orders of the Chief Constable and telling falsehoods, fined 2 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
28 Jan 1873 being absent from his beat from 11pm to 1.15am, fined 3 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
17 Feb 1873 being shut up in a watch box when on duty at 6.45am, fined 1 weeks pay by [the] Watch Committee
10 Mar 1873 being drunk when on duty at 11.40pm, fined 2 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
19 Sep 1873 using improper language towards P.C.119's wife, dismissed 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 (advancement) |