| Description | Name and rank: George Butters
Date joined: 11 Apr 1867
Age: 25 years
Warrant number: 1316
Offences and punishment:
20 Feb 1868 not attending the Surgeon when on the sick list and being quite able to do so, fined 1 shilling and sixpence by the Chief Constable
20 Jun 1868 being 45 minutes late for duty at 6am, fined 1 shilling by the Chief Constable
30 Jun 1868 being 40 minutes late for duty at 6am, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
29 Dec 1869 being asleep in a stable when on duty at 3am, reprimanded by the Watch Committee
20 May 1870 not visiting part of his beat from 9.30 to 10.45pm, fined 1 shilling and sixpence by the Chief Constable
9 Aug 1870 being in a house at 3.30am when on duty, fined 1 days pay by the Watch Committee
6 Dec 1870 being 40 minutes late for duty at 6am, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
3 Oct 1871 being in a beerhouse when on duty at 7.15pm, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
22 Dec 1871 using improper language towards his Sergeant, reprimanded by the Watch Committee
10 Dec 1873 loitering when on duty between 7 and 8pm, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
27 Apr 1874 being sat asleep when on duty at 4.45am, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
6 Jun 1874 being off his beat and in a house when on duty, fined 1 days pay by the Watch Committee
28 Dec 1874 being drunk when coming off duty at 5pm, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
20 May 1875 being in a public house when on duty, fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
13 Mar 1878 being in a brothel at 12 midnight when off duty, fined 3 days pay by the Watch Committee
22 Apr 1881 being absent from the 9.45pm parade until 10.50pm on the 22nd inst., reprimanded and cautioned by the Chief Constable
27 Sep 1882 being sat asleep when on duty at 2.40am [on the] 27th inst., fined 1 shilling and sixpence and reprimanded by the Chief Constable
21 Feb 1883 being drunk whilst on duty, conveying a straggler on board H.M.Ship Repulse at 9.30pm [on the] 14th inst., fined 3 days pay by the Watch Committee
23 Dec 1891 failing to visit a portion of his beat from 2.40 till 4am on the 23rd Dec 1891, reprimanded and fined 2 shillings and sixpence by the Chief Constable
Rewards and commendations:
4 Mar 1868 advanced from the 3rd Class @ 19 shillings to the 2nd Class @ 20 shillings
30 Jun 1869 advanced from the 3rd Class @ 20 shillings to the 2nd Class @ 21 shillings
29 Jun 1872 advanced from the 2nd Class @ 23 shillings to the 1st Class @ 24 shillings
18 Apr 1875 advanced from the 1st Class @ 27 shillings to the Service Class @ 28 shillings per week
5 Jun 1890 advanced from 28 shillings to 30 shillings per week
2 May 1894 superannuated
Notes:
[The first entry under "Rewards and commendations" should probably refer to advancement from 4th to 3rd Class]
Includes: dates of offences; type of crime committed; punishment and the age of offender; resignations and deaths; rewards (advancement) and commendations |