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Reference Number496.5 BA9360/A8/Box 2/8/1 - 2
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/3/4/4/2
TitleComplaints against staff
DescriptionOne statement dated 5 March 1835 by James Douglas complaining about the conduct of two fellow constables, Checketts and Stonely.

Papers relating to a complaint against the Chief Constable Arthur Sommers in 1892, when he drunkenly assaulted his wife and a colleague who attempted to protect her, before fleeing and threatening suicide. Includes statements by the Sergeant who intervened; notes taken during cross examination of all involved for both sides; statements of previous occasions when the Chief was drunk on duty or embezzled money, written by the witnesses; letters from the Chief explaining his conduct and medical notes from various doctors attesting to his ill health; a petition signed by many of the Worcester City Police protesting working under the Chief Constable; and a report and inventory as to the fixtures and fittings of the Police Station.
Date1835-1892
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