| Description | Name and rank: John Henry Bray
Date joined: 26 Apr 1866
Age: 23 years
Warrant number: 1273
Offences and punishment:
13 Jul 1866 taking strawberries from a garden without leave when on duty at 4.15am, reprimanded by the Watch Committee.
21 Jun 1869 being laid down asleep when on duty at 4am, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
29 Mar 1870 exceeding his duty - apprehending a man without sufficient cause, reduced to 3rd Class by the Watch Committee
12 Jul 1870 using insubordinate language to Sergeant Scott, fined 2 days pay by the Watch Committee
24 Aug 1870 bringing an improper charge to the Station, cautioned by the Watch Committee
12 Jun 1871 being sat down asleep when on duty at 1.25am, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
3 Oct 1871 being in a public house when on duty at 8pm, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
31 Oct 1872 using threatening language towards P.C.128 Dixey, reprimanded by the Watch Committee
31 Mar 1874 refusing to obey the orders of the Inspector, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
12 Jan 1875 neglecting to find a door open on his beat at 2am, fined 1 shilling and sixpence by the Chief Constable
14 Apr 1875 being off his beat and in a brewery at 3.40am, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
11 Jul 1877 neglecting the duties assigned to him on Thursday the 28th ult, fined 3 days pay by the Watch Committee
16 Jun 1882 making a false entry in the time book, alleging that he was at home at dinner from 2 to 5pm on the 14th instant, whereas he was absent from the Borough at Beverley Races, reprimanded by the Chief Constable
10 Jan 1883 reported by the] Chief Constable for excess of duty in arresting a man named Edmund Thomas Hudson, licensed pedlar, in the Wellington Inn, Mytongate on an unfounded charge of stealing certain steel watch guards the property of Mr William Shaw, Jeweller, 10 Queen Street: he, Bray, subjecting Hudson to much indignity in conveying the latter from the public house along the street to a Mr Townsend's general dealer in Mytongate: through illegally fastening a pair of iron snaps on his, Hudson's, wrists at 6.45pm [on the] 31st Oct, also improperly bribing the man Hudson, by the payment of 5 shillings to leave the Borough and not attend before the Watch Committee to substantiate the charge on the 15th Nov last, the result being that the Committee were unable to arrive at a definite conclusion in the matter, reduced from Detective Sergeant to Service Class Constable at 28 shillings per week and withdrawn from the Detective Department by the Watch Committee
Rewards and commendations:
20 Mar 1867 advanced from the 3rd Class @ 19 shillings to the 2nd Class @ 20 shillings
26 Jun 1867 advanced from the 2nd Class @ 20 shillings to the 1st Class @ 22 shillings
12 Jun 1874 advanced from the 1st Class @ 26 shillings to the Service Class @ 28 shillings
3 Feb 1877 promoted to Detective Sergeant @ 32 shillings
21 Nov 1877 advanced from 32 shillings to 33 shillings per week
10 Jan 1883 reduced to Service Class @ 28 shillings per week
4 Jul 1885 advanced from Service Class @ 28 shillings to Merit Class @ 29 shillings per week
9 Jun 1886 resigned on superannuation allowance of 18 shillings per week
Notes:
Includes: dates of offences; type of crime committed; punishment and the age of offender; resignations and deaths; rewards (advancement) and commendations |