| Description | Name and rank: William Ford
Date joined: 17 Apr 1879
Age: 30 years
Crimes and punishment:
4 Sep 1879 absent from the 9.45pm parade and when found was at his lodgings drunk and unfit for duty, fined 1 days pay by [the] Chief Constable
20 Feb 1880 being 35 minutes late coming off duty and when found [was] worse for drink (6.40am), fined 1 days pay by [the] Chief Constable
15 Apr 1880 being worse for drink and unfit for duty when on duty at 3.25pm on the 15th inst., fined 3 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
14 Jul 1880 absent from quarters from 1 to 7am, fined 1 shilling and sixpence by [the] Chief Constable
15 Jan 1881 absent from his beat in Whitefriargatefrom 8.30pm to 10.30pm and when found was on the Queens Dock Side drunk and unfit for duty, fined 3 days pay and cautioned by [the] Watch Committee
31 Oct 1881 absent from the 5.45am parade and during the day of the 29th inst., to forfeit one days leave and severely reprimanded and cautioned by [the] Chief Constable
27 Apr 1882 absent from his beat from 3.50 to 4.50am [on the] 27th inst., fined 1 shilling and reprimanded by [the] Chief Constable
19 Jul 1882 being worse for liquor when coming off duty at 6pm on Thursday 13th inst., also for using threatening and abusive language to Inspector Pickering and Sergeant Kirkby at the Central Police Station on the same date, dismissed by [the] Watch Committee
Rewards for good conduct:
17 Oct 1879 advanced from the 4th class @ 24 shillings to the 3rd class @ 25 shillings
17 Apr 1881 advanced from the 3rd class @ 25 shillings to the 2nd class @ 26 shillings
Notes:
Includes: dates of offences; type of crime committed; punishment and the age of offender; resignations and deaths; rewards for good conduct (advancement) |