| Description | Name and rank: William Murdoch
Date joined: 14 Feb 1863
Age: 29 years
Crimes and punishment:
22 Jun 1863 not fetching his prisoner from gaol at 9am, cautioned by [the] Chief Constable
17 Mar 1865 being in a brewery when on duty at 12.20am, fined 1 days pay by [the] Chief Constable
1 May 1865 being absent from his beat from 2 to 3am, fined 1 shilling by [the] Chief Constable
2 Oct 1865 being worse for liquor and off his beat at 1am, fined 1 days pay by [the] Chief Constable
3 Jan 1866 being drunk when on duty at 8pm, fined 1 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
7 Apr 1866 being drunk when going on duty at 7pm, fined 1 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
20 Jul 1865 charging a man at the Station with assaulting him and being drunk at the time, reprimanded by [the] Watch Committee
11 Aug 1866 being drunk when in charge of a prisoner at [the] Police Court, fined 2 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
22 May 1867 being drunk when on duty in plain clothes at 1.40am, fined 2 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
27 Nov 1867 being worse for liquor and fighting when on duty at 5.15am, fined 1 days pay by [the] Watch Committee
6 Mar 1878 resigned on superannuation
Rewards for good conduct:
Notes:
Includes: dates of offences; type of crime committed; punishment and the age of offender; resignations and deaths; rewards for good conduct (advancement) |