| Description | Name and rank: James Rippon Date joined: 29 Nov 1855 Age: 21 years
Crimes and punishment: 26 Dec 1855 being drunk when on duty at 1.30am, fined 1 days pay by [the] Watch Committee 15 Apr 1858 being in a dram shop when on duty at 11pm, fined 1 days pay by [the] Watch Committee 14 Aug 1860 being in a bawdy house when off duty at 5.40am , reprimanded by [the] Watch Committee 3 Jan 1861 assaulting Charles Dennison about 2.30pm, fined 2 days pay by [the] Watch Committee 23 Mar 1861 being absent from his beat [for] 15 minutes, reprimanded by [the] Chief Constable 17 Jun 1864 being drunk when on duty at 11.40pm also for using threatening language to Sergeant Holgate, fined 1 days pay for the 1st offence and 2 days for the 2nd by [the] Watch Committee 16 Jun 1865 being off his beat and sat down in a shed at 11.40pm, reprimanded by [the] Watch Committee 4 Sep 1865 being in a private house when on duty at 2.35am, fined 1 shilling by [the] Chief Constable 1 Jan 1866 being absent from his beat from 1.10 to 2.20am, fined 1 shilling by [the] Chief Constable 19 Oct 1870 promoted to Sergeant
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Notes: See No 8 Includes: dates of offences; type of crime committed; punishment and the age of offender; resignations and deaths; rewards for good conduct (advancement) |