| Description | Name and rank: John Charles Smelt
Date joined: 26 Nov 1857
Age: 23 years
Crimes and punishment:
5 Mar 1858 being 25 minutes late for duty at 6am, reprimanded by [the] Chief Constable.
14 Mar 1859 being sat down in an eating house when on duty at 2.45am , fined one shilling and sixpence by [the] Chief Constable.
17 Aug 1859 being sat down when on duty at 2.45am, reprimanded by [the] Chief Constable.
30 Aug 1859 being drunk when on duty at 12.55am, fined 2 days pay by [the] Watch Committee.
21 Nov 1859 being drunk when on duty at 2.15am, fined 4 days pay by [the] Watch Committee.
9 Jul 1860 being 30 minutes late for duty at 6am, cautioned by [the] Chief Constable.
14 Aug 1861 being in a public house when on duty at 1.15am, cautioned by [the] Watch Committee.
19 Jun 1863 being asleep on some stairs when on duty at 4.20am , fined 1 shilling by [the] Chief Constable.
27 Jun 1863 being sat down when on duty at 2.35am, fined 1 shilling by [the] Chief Constable.
15 Mar 1864 being sat asleep in a carriers cart when on duty at 3.45am , fined 1 days pay by [the] Chief Constable.
4 Apr 1864 being absent from his beat from 2.30 to 3.55am, fined 2 days pay by [the] Watch Committee.
25 Jun 1864 being sat in a cab when on duty at 2.15am, reprimanded by [the] Chief Constable.
5 Dec 1865 being drunk when on duty at 1.45am, fined 1 days pay by [the] Watch Committee.
29 Jan 1866 being drunk when on duty at 5.50pm, fined 3 days pay by [the] Watch Committee.
21 May 1866 smoking a pipe of tobacco in the streets contrary to orders, fined 1 shilling by [the] Chief Constable.
9 Jun 1866 being drunk and asleep when on duty at 3.40am, fined 3 days pay by [the] Watch Committee.
25 Sep 1867 being worse for liquor when on duty at 1.15am, fined 2 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
1 Jan 1868 being drunk when on duty at 2.30am, fined 1 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
13 Jan 1868 being in his own house when on duty at 7.25pm, fined 1 shilling and sixpence by [the] Chief Constable
7 Mar 1868 being absent from his beat and worse for liquor when on duty, reduced from 1st to 2nd class [Constable] by [the] Watch Committee
4 Jul 1868 being worse for liquor when bringing a prisoner to the Station at 2.15am, fined 2 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
19 Aug 1868 being drunk and asleep when on duty at 1.30am on the 18th inst., allowed to resign
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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) |