| Description | Name and rank: Robert Short
Date joined: 8 Dec 1847
Age: 24 years
Crimes and punishment:
30 Oct 1848 leaving the Borough without leave and being half an hour late for duty at 9pm, fined 1 days pay by [the] Chief Constable
28 Dec 1848 being worse for liquor when going on duty at 6pm, reprimanded by the Watch Committee
8 Feb 1849 neglecting to apprehend a man who had committed an assault, fined 2 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
27 Mar 1849 being absent from his lodgings from 11pm to 1am, fined 1 shilling by [the] Watch Committee
1 May 1849 absent from duty at 7pm, fined 1 shilling by [the] Chief Constable
10 Oct 1849 being in a private house when on duty 7.45pm and making use of improper language to his Sergeant, fined 2 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
29 Apr 1850 leaving his beat and talking to a female at 5.15am, reprimanded by [the] Chief Constable
15 Jul 1850 leaving his beat and talking to a female at 1.15am, fined 1 days pay by [the] Chief Constable
27 May 1853 walking with and talking to a female when on duty, reprimanded by [the] Chief Constable
26 Apr 1854 standing talking to a man on his beat and also allowing a female to embrace him, fined 1 shilling by [the] Chief Constable
5 Sep 1856 being remiss in his duty at Withernsea races, reprimanded by [the] Chief Constable
5 Aug 1858 being absent fom his post [for] 35 minutes, fined 1 shilling by [the] Chief Constable
22 Oct 1866 not giving some property into store that ought to have been produced at the Sessions, reprimanded by [the] Watch Committee
26 Dec 1868 being drunk coming off duty at 9pm [on the] 26th inst., fined 1 days pay by [the] Chief Constable
23 Jul 1869 being drunk coming on duty at 4pm, fined 2 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
6 Apr 1870 died
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Notes:
Includes: dates of offences; type of crime committed; punishment and the age of offender; resignations and deaths; rewards for good conduct (advancement) |