| Description | Name and rank: Charles William Brewster
Date joined: 10 Mar 1886
Age: 27 years
Warrant number: 1942
Offences and punishment:
15 Mar 1888 being drunk on Spring Bank when on duty at 5am [on the] 15th inst, reprimanded and fined 2 days pay by the Chief Constable
23 Dec 1890 loitering on his beat from 3.05 to 3.45pm on the 23rd inst, reprimanded and fined 2 shillings and sixpence by the Chief Constable
25 Dec 1892 worse for drink when coming off duty on the 25th inst, called upon to resign by the Watch Committee 4.1.93
Rewards and commendations:
15 Sep 1886 advanced from 4th Class @ 24 shillings to 3rd Class @ 25 shillings per week
21 Mar 1888 advanced from 3rd Class @ 25 shillings to 2nd Class @ 26 shillings per week
6 Jun 1888 advanced from 2nd Class @ 26 shillings to 1st Class @ 27 shillings per week - Drill Instructor
25 Mar 1891 advanced from 3rd Class @ 27 shillings to 1st Class @ 28 shillings per week - Drill Instructor
30 Mar 1892 advanced from 3rd Class @ 27 shillings to 2nd Class @ 28 shillings per week
4 Jan 1893 called upon to resign
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 |