| Description | Name and rank: Matthew Longhorn
Date joined: 4 Apr 1863
Age: 21 years
Crimes and punishment:
20 Apr 1864 being stood in a doorway when on duty at 1.15am, cautioned by [the] Chairman [of the] Watch Committee
29 Jun 1864 assaulting the wife of Thomas Mack on the 23rd inst., fined 3 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
13 Oct 1864 not coming off duty at 6am and when found at 6.30am [being] drunk in a show, fined 2 days pay by the Watch Committee
13 Feb 1865 being laid drunk when on duty at 2.15am also for having lost his staff and lamp, fined 1 days pay and to pay for the lost articles
3 May 1866 disorderly conduct in Waterworks Street at 6.15am, reprimanded by [the] Watch Committee
8 Jan 1868 for going into the Hope and Anchor public house at 12.30am and asking for ale and when refused for using threatening language, fined 2 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
4 May 1868 being drunk when on duty at a fire at 2.15am, fined 1 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
29 Jul 1868 being drunk when on duty in the Railway Dock Side at 3.45am on the 27th inst., fined 1 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
13 Oct 1868 being drunk when on duty in Sykes Street at 4.15am, dismissed
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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) |