| Description | Name and rank: Fred Matthews
Date joined: 12 Aug 1886
Age: 22 years
Warrant number: 1954
Offences and punishment:
7 Dec 1889 being drunk and unfit for duty when on duty @1.45am [on the] 7th inst, severely reprimanded and fined 1 days pay by the Chief Constable
3 Oct 1890 neglecting his duty by loitering on his beat from 2.10 to 3.30am, severely reprimanded and fined 5 shillings pay by the Chief Constable
14 Aug 1896 neglecting his duty by lying upon a handcart at 3.40am, severely reprimanded and fined 2 days pay by the Chief Constable
20 Apr 1898 neglecting his duty by being sat asleep on a doorstep when on duty in Division Road at 3.50am on the 13th April 1898, being worse for drink when coming off duty at 6am on the 14th April 1898, neglecting to report himself going off duty at about 11.15pm on the 14th inst, being worse for drink and unfit for duty at 11.40pm on the 14th inst
Rewards and commendations:
23 Feb 1887 advanced from 4th Class @ 24 shillings to 3rd Class @ 25 shillings
18 Jul 1888 advanced from 3rd Class @ 25 shillings to 2nd Class @ 26 shillings
5 Jun 1890 advanced from 26 shillings to 27 shillings per week
24 Aug 1892 advanced from 3rd Class to 2nd Class
28 Aug 1895 advanced from 2nd Class to 1st Class
20 Apr 1898 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 |