| Description | Name and rank: Benjamin Barnicoat
Date joined: 9 May 1880
Age: 33 years
Warrant number: 1783
Offences and punishment:
19 Sep 1880 being worse for drink when on duty at 12 midnight, fined 1 days pay by the Chairman [of the Watch Committee]
23 Mar 1881 being absent from the 5.45am parade until 6.20am on the 23rd inst, reprimanded and cautioned by the Chief Constable
23 Mar 1881 being drunk when parading for duty at 2pm on the 23rd inst, fined 1 weeks pay by the Watch Committee
30 Apr 1885 absent from Government Inspection Parade from 9.30 to 10am on the 29th inst, fined 1 shilling and sixpence, reprimanded and cautioned
25 Dec 1885 being drunk when going off duty at 6am on the 25th Dec, fined 3 days pay by the Watch Committee
25 Jul 1890 absent from the 5.45am parade until 6.45, reprimanded and fined 1 shilling and sixpence by the Chief Constable
12 Feb 1892 permitting his wife to char at a brothel and his daughter, 12 years of age, to run errands, suspended for 8 days, pay stopped and ordered to be removed to another Division by the Watch Committee
12 [sic] Sep 1895 being absent from his beat from 12.25 until 2am on the 13th Sept 1895 and when found was the worse for drink and not fit for duty, called upon to resign by the Watch Committee - 9th October 1895
Rewards and commendations:
9 Nov 1880 advanced from the 4th Class @ 24 shillings to the 3rd Class @ 25 shillings
7 May 1882 advanced from the 3rd Class @ 25 shillings to the 2nd Class @ 26 shillings
11 May 1884 advanced from the 2nd Class @ 26 shillings to the 1st Class @ 27 shillings
16 May 1888 advanced from the 1st Class @ 27 shillings to the Service Class @ 28 shillings
5 Jun 1890 advanced from 28 shillings to 29 shillings per week
9 Oct 1895 allowed to resign by the Watch Committee
Notes:
Includes: dates of offences; type of crime committed; punishment and the age of offender; resignations and deaths; rewards (advancement) and commendations |