| Description | Name and rank: Wrightson Smithson
Date joined: 19 Mar 1885
Age: 23 years
Warrant number: 1931
Offences and punishment:
15 Jan 1881 being absent from 5.45am until 6.40 on the 15th inst, reprimanded by the Chief Constable
9 Sep 1898 being drunk when on duty in Norfolk Street at 5.10pm, severely reprimanded and fined 2 days pay by the Chief Constable
29 Oct 1898 being worse for drink and unfit for duty at the Police Station, Norfolk Street at 10.40pm, fined 3 days pay by the Watch Committee (notice given 7 Nov 1898)
Rewards and commendations:
26 Sep 1885 advanced from 4th Class @ 24 shillings to 3rd Class @ 25 shillings per week
30 Mar 1887 advanced from 3rd Class @ 25 shillings to 2nd Class @ 26 shillings per week
27 Mar 1889 advanced from 2nd Class @ 26 shillings to 1st Class @ 27 shillings per week
1 Apr 1891 advanced from 3rd Class @ 27 shillings to 2nd Class @ 28 shillings per week
24 Mar 1894 advanced from 2nd Class @ 28 shillings to 3rd Class @ 29 shillings per week
24 Mar 1897 advanced from 1st Class @ 29 shillings to Service Class @ 30 shillings per week
16 Nov 1898 advanced from 30 shillings to 31 shillings per week
17 Oct 1900 advanced from 31 shillings to 33 shillings per week
19 Jan 1910 advanced from 33 shillings to 35 shillings per week - Star Class
10 Apr 1912 advanced from 35 shillings to 36 shillings per week - revised scale
31 Jan 1914 superannuated
Notes:
[In reference to the entries under "Rewards and commendations" in 1890 there was an extension to the number of classes Constables could be designated as, going from four classes to six, therefore at this time a Constable's class would change, the previous designation of 1st Class becoming 3rd Class etc]
Includes: dates of offences; type of crime committed; punishment and the age of offender; resignations and deaths; rewards (advancement) and commendations |