In the Hunter Valley Police Constables were employed to escort prisoners to Quarter Sessions, to iron gangs and to the Gaol and Female Factory at Newcastle. They were also employed in apprehending absconding convicts.
Although they were only paid in the vicinity of 2/- per day in wages they were able to supplement their income by various methods. Under the Bushranging Act of 1830 it became lawful for any person who had reason to suspect another person to be unlawfully at large; to apprehend them without warrant and take him before a justice of the peace where he would be required to prove that he was not a felon under sentence of transportation. Constables were paid a reward for apprehending absconders under the Bushranging Act. Select here to read a directive to the Magistrates at Newcastle informing them of remuneration for apprehension of runaway convicts.
Constables could also supplement their wages by reporting sly grog selling and could be very zealous in their duties of preventing liquor being sold after hours.
Occasionally other remuneration may have come their way. In 1843, residents in Scone were raising a subscription for the Chief Constable and his assistants to thank them for breaking up a 'nest of daylight robbers' and also for capturing bushranger Long Tom who had been the scourge of the district for many months.
Police constables encountered a variety of situations - disputes over property boundaries, drunken brawls, prostitutes, robberies, murder and fearful accidents, all to be dealt with. Some seem to have attracted more than their fair share of trouble and abuse. Select here to read of indignities Constable Rushton suffered in the course of his duties as constable at Maitland
BRISBANE WATER - Bounded on the east by the sea; on the north by the Newcastle police district, and the range to Warrawolong; on the west by the rang by Mount Simpson to the road by Snodgrass Valley to Wiseman's Ferry.
Police Force in 1828.
A comprehensive statement of the condition of Brisbane Water, so far as law and order were concerned is given in the following letter of April 25 1828:
In answer to Circular No. 28/11 of 25 March last requesting information I (Willoughby Bean) send you the following particulars:
1st and 2nd queries - Answer: I am the only Magistrate residing in this district. I reside on my own estate of Amboise on Erina Creek, where I transact all Magisterial business.
3rd Query - Answer: There are three constables, viz: Mr. Robert Henderson, Free, District constable 2/10 per diem salary. He resides on his farm 5 miles from the entrance to Brisbane Water and 7 miles from my residence (Court House).
His farm is situated in the part of the District the thickest settled and where the presence of a constable is most required his ot. His other occupations are those attendant on a farm only - William Smith, constable on 2/3 per diem salary, resident on my Estate and is a carpenter by trade; - bond. constable and scourger, lives at and has charge of this Watch house 5 miles from my residence. His salary 2/ per diem
4th Query - Answer: There are no Mounted Police in the District
5th Query - Answer - Court House and Pound there are none. The Watch House is situated on the Township land near the head of the Brisbane Water 5 miles from my residence capable of containing sixteen prisoners.
Robert Scott May 1836 - appointed Chief Constable. Dismissed in February 1837
James Drew April 1837 - appointed Chief Constable in place of Robert Scott
Dennis Dwyer October 1837 - 1856. Appointed Chief Constable 21st October 1837
Constables - Brisbane Water
James Waddell January 1827 - employed as scourger and constable. Arrived on the Baring in 1819
David Roberts June 1827 - appointed honorary constable at Reid's Mistake (Lake Macquarie)
William Smith April 1828 - employed as constable. Resided on Willoughby Bean's estate. Resigned April 1835. Arrived on the Ocean in 1818
James Waddell January 1829 - dismissed for improper conduct
Charles Keys January 1829 - appointed constable and scourger in room of James Waddell. Arrived on the Shipley in 1822. Drowned in September 1829. Replaced by Robert Chitty
Robert Chitty September 1829 - appointed in place of Charles Keys. Dismissed in September 1834. Arrived on the Sophia in 1829. Became a bushranger with the Jewboy Gang.
Dividing the valleys of Hall's Creek and those of Werrendi and Gummon Plains; on the north by the crest of the Liverpool range; on the west by the boundary of the county Bligh.
Chief Constables - Cassilis
J.W. Payne 1841 - Employed as Chief Constable
John Jones January 1845 - appointed Chief Constable
Thomas Kerr May 1846 - succeeded by Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore April 1850 - appointed Chief Constable. Benjamin Moore also received a military pension
Patrick Logan 1850 - employed as constable in 1850
DUNGOG - CLARENCETOWN - STROUD
Dungog Police District -
Bounded on the west by the Paterson district; on the north west undefined; on the north by the Manning; on the east by the sea coast; on the south by Port Stephens, and the road from Sawyer's Point to Mosman's Ferry
Chief Constables - Dungog
John E. Hargraves .Served at Raymond Terrace previously. Appointed Dungog July 1836. Resigned January 1837.
Bounded on the east by Newcastle police district; on the north by the Hunter to Morpeth, thence across the river, and by the right bank of the Paterson river to the north boundary of T. Nowlan's land; on the north by the northern boundary of Nowlan';s land and across the Government Reserve to Lamb's Valley and to the Hunter, at the eastern boundary of Gaggin's land, and thence by the right bank of the Hunter to the mouth of the Black Creek; on the west by the black Creek and a line to Brokenback Mountain; on the south by the Brokenback range to the head of Wallis Creek
John Hunt May 1825 - appointed in place of John Earl in May 1825. Later constable at Patrick Plains
William Neal 1825 - appointed constableable Allen 1825 - resigned
Constable Willson April 1826 - resigned. Replaced by James Fitzmorris
James Fitzmorris 1826 - employed as constable at Maitland un April 1826
Abraham Hunter .April 1826 - appointed in place of James Fitzmorris who was to be stationed between Wallis Plains and Patrick Plains. Resigned in December 1826. Arrived per Larkins in 1817
James Russell June 1826 - dismissed from position for highly improper conduct
Patrick Bourke June 1826 - appointed in place of Constable Russell. Arrived per Providence. Dismissed in February 1827
James Fitzmorris September 1826 - stationed between Wallis Plains and Patrick Plains until September 1826
James Clogan September 1826 - appointed vice James Fitzmorris between Wallis Plains and Patrick Plains in September 1826. Resigned in August 1827 and replaced by Kerry Lyne
Michael Good January 1827 - employed as Constable at Luskintyre
Andrew Crawford February 1827 - appointed constable in room of Patrick Bourke. Dismissed for misconduct in May 1827. Arrived per Almorah.
William Shaw February 1827 - appointed constable in place of Abraham Hunter. Arrived per Batavia in 1818 Mailand May 1827 - appointed constable in room of Andrew Crawford
Patrick Francis Egan May 1827 - appointed constable at Luskintyre. Resigned March 1828
Kerry Lyne August 1827 - appointed constable in place of James Clogan
Nathaniel Shepherd January 1828 - dismissed for neglect of duty
John Allan March 1828 - appointed constable in the room of Patrick Francis Egan (Eagan)
William Jones....William Jones .July 1829 - resigned from position
Henry Dorkins/ Dawkins....July 1829 - appointed constable in place of William Jones
James Richardson .October 1829 - appointed in place of Henry Dorkins Wilkins..February 1830 - employed as constable
Hugh Gallagher 1853 - employed as constable at Morpeth
Thomas Kerrigan 1854 - employed as constabled McLean..1854 - employed as constable
Police Uniforms at Maitland in 1849 Yesterday were opened at the police office two cases recently arrived containing a set of uniforms for the Maitland police, there being for each man a hat, a top coat, a heavy oil skin cape, a blue coat, two pairs of blue cloth 'trowsers', two pair of boots, a leather stock or collar, and a badge for the arm. Anything more ludicrously unfit for the climate of Australia could scarcely be conceived than this uniform, the whole affair being only suited to a climate such as that of Great Britain or even further north. The weight of the uniform is just sixteen pounds four ounces, supposing the constable fully equipped in top coat and cape. The hat perhaps is the most laughable part of the whole; it is black, very heavy, very stiff and topped with black glazed leather, as if expressly intended to absorb and retain as much heat as possible for the benefit of the happy wearer.[3]
Bounded on the west by the Mudgee and Cassilis police districts; on the north by a line from the southern boundary of Hall's land, crossing the Waybong at its junction with the Cuenguer Creek to the junction of Dartbrook with the Page and Hunter, and the range between Rouchel River and the head of Sandy Creek; on the east by the range heading Sandy Creek and Muswellbrook, to a point where the road crosses to the east of Mount Arthur, thence by .....Creek to the western boundary of Jerrry's Plains Reserve, thence by the Wambo range; on the south by the Monandilla range, heading Doyle's and Greig's Creek to Widdin Creek
Chief Constables - Merton
William Everness Appointed Constable at Darlington in 1832 and Chief Constable at Merton in March 1836
Constables - Merton
John Needham 1827 - appointed constable in 1827. Dismissed in May 1832
John Menslowe January 1829 - resigned
William Walden..January 1829 - appointed in place of John Menslowe. Dismissed in August 1829
James Cheeseman July 1832 - appointed in place of John Needham
Daniel Kernon July 1832 - appointed constable
Daniel Kenna September 1832 - dismissed for neglect of duty
Wooger Vitnell February 1833 - appointed in place of Daniel Kenna
Thomas Fox November 1833 - appointed in place of Wooger Vitnell
William Powell .September 1836 - appointed constable
John Fox October 1836 - appointed to Merton in October 1836. Appointed to Cassilis in February 1839. Murdered by bushrangers in September 1839.
Newcastle Police District
Newcastle and Raymond Terrace - Bounded on the north by Dungog police district on the west by the William and Hunters rivers to Sparkes's; thence by Throsby's Creek to Sugar Load and the range to the head of Dora Creek,; on the south by Dora Creek and a line from its mouth to Reid's Mistake; on the east by the coast to Port Stephen.
Thomas Hughes 1811 - Constable at Newcastle in 1811. Sent to Sydney where he became executioner
Joseph Mackinley 1814 - Constable at Newcastle in 1814. (Arrived per Minerva in 1800)
John Bradley 1817 - Constable at the prison barracks. Came Free per Lloyds 1817. 48th regiment. Dismissed from position of constable in October 1825
Robert Young 1818 - employed as constable at Newcastle gaol. Dismissed in 1830
William Parker 1818 - 1823 employed as bush constable at Newcastle
John Menslowe/Menztler 1818 - 1827 - employed as constable. Replaced by J.B. Hewson in 1827. Moved to the Upper Hunter
John Garside August 1819 - punished for allowing a boat to be taken. Arrived on the Shipley in 1817
William Briffett April 1820 - employed as constable. Arrived on the John Barry in 1819
John Faulkner May 1820 - punished in May 1820 for aiding in a robbery. Arrived on the Guildford in 1816
Charles Browne August 1820 - employed as constable. Arrived on the Atlas in 1816..December 1820 - employed as bush constable at Newcastle
Thomas Foard April 1821 - John Brown April 1821 - employed as constable
Thomas Plumb November 1822 - employed as constable. Arrived on the Morley in 1818
James Ward .November 1822 - employed as constable December 1823 - requested a transfer from Newcastle. Political prisoner - Cato Street Conspirator - arrived on the Guildford in 1820.
William Turvey-1824 - 1825
Charles Merritt 1825
James Tracey 1825
James Bailey 1824 - employed as constable. Arrived on the Grenada in 1819. Resigned in August 1825 and replaced by James Hogan
Francis McNamara March 1825 - employed as constable. Arrived on the Medina in 1823. Died in 1827
William McCarthy September 1825 - appointed as bush constable. Arrived on the Pilot in 1817
James Hogan September 1825 - appointed in place of James Bailey. Replaced by Peter Reilly March 1826
John Bradley November 1825 - dismissed
John Bell November 1825 - appointed constable. Resigned in June 1826
Michael Radford December 1825 - employed as constable. Witness at the trial of Jacob's Irish Brigade
William Redford December 1825 - employed as constable. Arrived on the Countess of Harcourt in 1824
Peter Reilly March 1826 - appointed in place of James Hogan. Resigned in September 1831
John Kelly June 1826 - appointed to position of constable. Replaced by John Duncan in January 1827
James Edwards..............October 1826 - dismissed from position of turnkey at the gaol in October 1826
Phillip Josephs October 1826 - replaced James Edwards as turnkey at the gaol in October 1826. Arrived on the Mangles in 1824
John Broadbent October 1826 - dismissed. Replaced by James Collins. Arrived on the Neptune in 1820
James Collins October 1826 - appointed constable and turnkey at the gaol in the room of Broadbent. Arrived on the ship Dick in 1821
John Duncan January 1827 - appointed constable and pound keeper in January 1827 in place of John Kelly
Thomas Bishop January 1827 - dismissed in January 1827. Replaced by J.B. Hewson. Arrived on the Somersetshire in 1814
John Butler Hewson January 1827 - appointed in room of Thomas Bishop. Arrived on the Mangles in 1820
John Duncan January 1827 - appointed in room of John Kelly - March 1827 - appointed in March 1827. Dismissed in January 1828
Nathaniel Shepherd........May 1827 - dismissed for neglect of duty. Later employed at Maitland
William Turvey May 1827 - employed as constable. Resigned January 1828. Arrived on the Larkins in 1817
Robert Cussen July 1827 - appointed constable in place of Francis McNamara in July 1827. Arrived on the Mangles in 1822. July 1827 - replaced by John Butler Hewson in July 1827
John Butler Hewson -July 1827 - appointed in room of John Menztler
George Begrie .July 1827 - appointed constable. Dismissed in August 1829. Arrived per Agamemnon in 1820
Thomas Davies January 1828 - appointed in place of James Hogan in January 1828. Arrived on the Hadlow in 1818
Thomas Dwyer January 1828 - resigned
James Wilkins January 1828 - appointed constable in place of Thomas Dwyer
Thomas Lawson January 1828 - removed from position. Replaced by J.B. Hewson
James Wilkins -January 1828 - appointed in place of Thomas Dwyer. Arrived on the Asia in 1825
Richard Mara .1828 and 1829 - employed as constable. Arrived on the Minerva in 1819
William Turvey January 1828 - resigned from position.
John Mayo January1828 - appointed vice William Turvey
In 1836 Newcastle was a town of less importance than Maitland and only four policemen and a watch house keeper were required for the district comprising Newcastle, Hexham and the surrounding settlements. In addition there was a clerk to keep the records, and one scourger. Presumably the cat was in frequent use, for the scourger received a regular gratuity and allowance of so much per day. ....In the event of the scourger being in the first year of his service, his gratuity is to continue according to existing regulations at eight pence a day with the allowance of nine pence a day for rations and clothing. After one year's service, if recommended by you, the gratuity will be raised to one shilling a day with the foregoing allowance of nine pence. [1]
In 1850 there
were six constables (including a chief)
stationed in Newcastle, and one constable at Hexham. A return made
on December 1, 1850, gives particulars
of the establishment at that time, the
members of the force then being
Samuel Holt (chief constable), Charles
Lane, James Cusack, Abraham Chapman, John Joseph Murphy, and Henry
Hughes (constables at Newcastle), and
William Ledgerwood (stationed at
Hexham).
The chief constable had been pay-sergeant in the 80th Regiment (a regiment that saw some hard service), and two of the constables had been old soldiers.
They were men of average height,
but that no standard was then insisted
on is shown by the fact that one of
the men was 5 feet 4 inches, and an
other 6 feet 5 inches. The ages ranged
from 21 years to 52 years.
Of the six constables, three could
ride and three lacked that qualification. The chief constable, of course,
could ride, and part of his duties consisted in visiting different places in
the district, and those Journeys had to be made on horseback.
Before the return was forwarded to
Sydney, the magistrates had it before
them for consideration, and they attached thereto the following note:
'We entertain a very good opinion of
the police establishment without exception.' - The Newcastle Sun 11 October 1921
On the east by the range dividing the Allyn River from the Williams to the latter river near Clarence Town, thence down the right bank of the Williams to its junction with the Hunter ; on the south by the Hunter River as far as Morpeth, and thence by the northern boundary of the Maitland police district
John Field Chief Constable at Port Stephens 1832 - 1835. In 1835 John Field was appointed Gaoler at Newcastle gaol, a position he held until his death in 1845
Constables - Port Stephens
John Byron March 1826 - appointed honorary constable
William Smith March 1826 - appointed honorary constable
Daniel Ivory March 1826 - appointed honorary constable
Charles Beal March 1826 - appointed honorary constable
John Summers March 1826 - appointed honorary constable
Robert Wylie March 1826 - appointed honorary constable
William Cowell March 1826 - appointed honorary constable
Richard Barnes April 1827 - appointed honorary constable - came free to the colony
Michael Kierman April 1827 - appointed honorary constable - arrived per Tyne in 1819
John Massey April 1827 - appointed honorary constable - arrived per Providence in 1811
William Wetson April 1827 - appointed honorary constable - arrived per Indefatigable in 1815
John Newton April 1827 - appointed honorary constable - arrived per Cawdry
Alexander Green April 1827 - appointed honorary constable - arrived per Countess of Harcourt in 1824
John Maher April 1827 - appointed honorary constable - arrived per Lord Eldon in 1817
John Maher June 1827 - dismissed for drunkenness and assault
Alexander Green June 1827 - dismissed from position as flagellator of the A.A. Company in 1827
Edward Jones August 1827 - appointed honorary constable
James Brown August 1827 - appointed honorary constable
Patrick Morrissey August 1827 - appointed honorary constable
John Smith August 1827 - appointed honorary constable
Charles Hancock July - October 1832 - employed as constable
Isaac Turnbull October 1832 - appointed constable in room of Charles Hancock. Resigned in March 1833
Michael Ryan July 1832 - appointed constable
Constable Birmingham 1832 - employed as constable
Henry Herring 1833 - employed as constable
Isaac Turnbull March 1833 - resigned
John McGibbon-March 1833 - appointed constable in room of Isaac Turnbull
Constable Cotton August 1834 - resigned in August 1834
John McCarthy March 1836 - dismissed
John Parnell March 1836 - appointed constable in room of John McCarthy. Suspended in 1840
Bounded on the east by the crest of the range forming the boundaries of the counties Gloucester and Macquarie, thence by the range leading to the west of Mount Royal and heading the Rouchell River to the northern boundary of the Merton police district; on the south by the northern boundary of the Merton district; on the west by the eastern boundary of the Cassilis district to Mount Terell.
Bounded by the Scone district; on the east by the range leading from Mount Royal to Mount Tyerman, thence by a line dividing Lamb's Valley from the Glendon Brook, by the Hunter to the junction of Black Creek, and thence by a line to Brokenback Mountain, and to the head of Werring Creek; on the south by the range heading Milbro Dale to the Wambo range.
Samuel H. Horne Appointed May 1839 on the resignation of William Cooke
Constables - Singleton
John Hunt May 1825 - appointed constable at Patrick Plains. Arrived per Larkins in 1817
Isaac Perrott 1825 - Employed as district constable. Arrived on the Hadlow in 1818
Thomas Smith September 1825 - employed as constable. Arrived on the Royal Admiral in 1800
George Tigley September 1825 - appointed constable. Previously at Windsor. Arrived on the Baring in 1819
John Reid December 1825 - recommended for the police force at Patrick Plains
Thomas Farnham December 1825 - appointed constable for the district beyond Patrick Plains. Dismissed in January 1827.
Witness at the trial of Lieut. Nathanial Lowe
Samuel Owen January 1826 - appointed honorary constable. Arrived on the Mary in 1822
John Blackmore November 1826 - appointed constable. Employed by Isaac Perrott. Resigned in December 1828. Arrived on the Hadlow in 1818
John Needham January 1827 - appointed constable at Patrick Plains. Also employed at Merton. Arrived per Prince Regent in 1820
William Walden April 1827 - appointed constable. Arrived on the Three Bees in 1814
Francis Adams August 1827 - appointed constable
Thomas Roper March 1828 - appointed constable in room of Francis Adams. Resigned in February 1830
Martin Herring 1828 - 1829 - employed between 1828 and until May 1829
Patrick Caslin October 1828 - appointed constable. Dismissed in May 1829. Replaced by Thomas Fuller
William Waldon October 1828 - dismissed for improper conduct
David Warden April 1829 - dismissed
James Bradford April 1829 appointed constable in room of David Warden. Resigned in September 1829
Thomas Gunnning May 1829 - dismissed. Replaced by William Adams.
Thomas Fuller May 1829 appointed constable in room of Patrick Caslin
William Adams May 1829 - appointed constable
John Smith May 1829 - appointed constable in room of Martin Herring Dismissed in September 1831. Replaced by Daniel McFarlane
John Dent December 1829 - appointed in room of William Adams.
William Houlaghan March 1830 - appointed constable in room of Thomas Fuller. Arrived on the Mangles in 1822
Matthew Murtagh May 1830 - dismissed for neglect of duty. Ticket of Leave holder. Replaced by William Adams
John Allen July 1830 - appointed watch house keeper in room of Thomas Fuller
William Adams December 1830 - dismissed for neglect of duty
John McInness February 1830 - appointed constable in room of Thomas Roper
William Kelly September 1830 - appointed constable in place of William Adams
John Caltherwood December 1830 - resigned from position of scourger and constable in December 1830
John Smith September 1831 - dismissed
Daniel McFarlane September 1831 - appointed constable. Arrived on the Boyne in 1826
Robert McGee May 1832 - deceased. Replaced by William Everness in May 1832. Arrived on the Agamemnon in 1820
William EvernessMay 1832 - appointed constable
James Bradford April 1834 - appointed constable
Samuel Cook May 1834 - resigned in May 1834. Replaced by Jonathan Foster
Jonathan Foster May 1834 - appointed constable 16 May 1834
Charles Hancock April 1835 - appointed constable in room of James Bradford
John Brest August 1835 - dismissed from the position
William Daniels March 1836 - appointed
Thomas Pearman June 1836 - appointed constable
Joshua Coughlan July 1836 - appointed constable in place of William Daniels
James Davis October 1836 - appointed constable
Robert Marshall November 1836 - appointed constable. Resigned November 1837
Charles Hancock December 1836 - dismissed. Replaced by Daniel Jordan
Daniel Jordan December 1836 - appointed December 1836
William Chitty December 1836 - appointed constable in place of Joshua Coughlan
Henry Thompson March 1837 - dismissed from position
George Hudson March 1837 - appointed constable in room of Henry Thompson. Dismissed in June 1837
Daniel Jordan April 1837 - dismissed from position April 1837. Replaced by William Molloy. Arrived on the Andromeda in 1830
William Molloy April 1837 - appointed constable in place of Daniel Jordan. Arrived on the City of Edinburgh in 1832. Dismissed in January 1839
William Waldon June 1837 - appointed in room of George Hudson
Peter Dalton April 1837 - dismissed from the position . Replaced by John Daly
Charles Halchin April 1837 - resigned. Arrived on the Albion in 1827
David Morris April 1837 - appointed in place of Charles Halchin
John Daly April 1837 - appointed in April 1837. Dismissed in June 1837
Jonathan Foster June 1837 - appointed in place of John Daly. Arrived on the Dunvegan Castle in 1830
George Hudson June 1837 - dismissed
William Walden June 1837 - appointed constable in room of George Hudson. Dismissed August 1837
George Smith September 1837 - appointed constable. Resigned in December 1837
Patrick Fitzpatrick November 1837 - appointed constable
Daniel O'Brien November 1837 - appointed constable vice Robert Marshall
James Mulvaney 1837 - Dismissed from position 1837
John Kirton November 1837 - appointed constable in place of James Mulvaney
John Toole February 1838 - appointed constable in place of George Smith
Robert Gore March 1838 - appointed constable
John Harvey March 1838 - appointed constable
John Mackinness April 1838 - appointed constable
Joseph Williamson August 1838 - appointed constable
George Fawcett June - December 1838 - employed as constable. Arrived on the Susan in 1834
John Ryan October 1838 - appointed constable. Resigned in December 1838
James White December 1838 - dismissed
Robert Gosling Employed in 1839 - 40
John Ditton....February 1839 - appointed constable in room of Constable Dwyer who was dismissed
John Brown March 1839 - appointed constable
Henry Smith 1843 - 1847 - employed as constable Black Creek and Singleton. Apprehended bushranger John Quigley in 1843.
Terence McGuire 1846 - employed as constable. Arrived on the Forth in 1830. Died in 1850
Peter Goulding March 1847 - appointed constable. Arrived per Marquis of Huntley in 1835
James Kelly 1847 - employed as constable at Jerry's Plains in 1847
Charles Dean 1848 - 1849 - employed as constable
Laurence Kenny 1848 - 1851 - employed as constable
Thomas Giles 1853 - 1855 - employed at Black Creek and Singleton
Bounded on the north by the southern boundaries of the police districts of Merton, Patrick Plains and Maitland; on the east by that of Brisbane Water; on the south by the Colo River, and the norterhn boundary of Windsor police district; and on the west by the north eastern boundary of the Bathurst, and the south eastern boundary of Mudgee districts
Patrick Doolan May 1827 - appointed ordinary constable. To be stationed on Wallumby Brook between the farms of Campbell and Finch. Arrived per Three Bees in 1814
John Smith June 1830 - employed as constable
John McDougall April 1835 - appointed constable
William Sparks July 1837 - transferred from Maitland
William Moore February 1838 - appointed constable
Constable Graham 1843 - appointed constable
Constable Harpur October 1843 - employed as constable
William Moss February 1848 - employed as constable
Phillip Galway 1848 - employed as constable
Constable Brasle January 1849 - employed as constable
Charles Kelly February 1849 - employed as constable
12). In 1862, the New South Wales Police Force officially became a single entity when the Police Regulation Act 1862 was passed. The Act unified the Metropolitan, Water, Rural, Native, Mounted Police and the Gold Escort under an Inspector-General, and created sub-districts across the state with a Police Inspectors in charge of each one.
Appointments under the new Act in 1862 included:
Inspector General - John McLerie
Superintendents - H. Zouch; D.H. Scott; W. Chatfield; J.A. McLerie; T.B. Carne; George Markham; E.V. Morisset; James Garland
Inspectors: Sir F. W. Pottinger; Critchett Walker; F.R. Wilshire; E.Marlay; E.M. Batty
Sub-Inspectors: W. Benson; F.A. Blake; A.A. Abbott; T.A. White; J.G. Hussey; Messrs Black, Singleton, Reed, O'Neill and Hogg
The following order was forwarded by the Colonial Secretary Mr. Alexander McLeay to the Magistrates of Newcastle district in April 1832 - 'His Excellency the Governor-in-Council having taken into consideration the system of pecuniary awards hitherto adopted in this colony for the apprehension of runaway convicts is pleased to direct that the following regulations be established, and those now in force annulled, from and after the 30th day of April instant:
2. For the apprehension and conveyance before a magistrate of every runaway convict who shall have been absent twenty four hours or upwards from Government work, or the service of an individual, there shall be paid as a reward the sum of ten shillings, which sum may be increased to twenty shillings if the magistrate before whom the convict is taken shall consider that, from any particular circumstances attending the capture, the constable or person capturing is entitled to a higher reward than ten shillings.
3. For the apprehension of a runaway who shall have been absent a similar period from any iron gang, there shall be paid the sum of twenty shillings which sum may be increased to thirty shillings if judged proper by the magistrate for the foregoing reasons
4. These rewards to be paid by the Principal Superintendent of Police in Sydney, on the applicants producing and having as a voucher the magistrate's certificate, prepared in the form hereunto annexed.
5. In addition, if any runaway so apprehended shall, during the period of his having been illegally at large, have committed any felonious offence of which he shall after his apprehension be convicted, the constable or other person apprehending him shall, over and above the foregoing sums receive a further reward of five pounds. This reward to be also paid by the Principal Superintendent of Police in Sydney
6. Nothing herein contained is to deprive the person or persons apprehending notorious offenders of their claim to any reward the Government may think fit to bestow in cases of remarkable skill, courage or perseverance.
7. Where runaways are apprehended by prisoners of the Crown, who are entitled by Government regulations to an allowance of time in their probation for a ticket of leave as a reward for such meritorious conduct, no pecuniary reward shall be given, unless the prisoners shall waive his title to the allowance of time in his probation , and take the pecuniary reward in lieu.
References
[1] Newcastle Morning Herald 14 September 1910 (Early Newcastle)
[2] Correspondence between the Colonial Department and the Treasury, including Copy of a Despatch from the Governor of New South Wales, and the Reply thereto of the Secretary of State, dated the 28th day of June 1840, relative to the Finances of the Colony, and the Application of Land Sales to Poice and Gaols - General Estimate for Proposed Expenditure for Police