X Ebenezer HUGHESDear Cynthia,Nice to hear from you and thank you for yournicely worded request for information concerningEbenezer you would be surprised how many enquireswe get from people who never say please or thankyou, but first I have to point out a few things.Sadly we do not have a photograph.The Cheshire Constabulary was formed in April1857; there are many thousands of records, theseare held by the Cheshire Record Office, Chester. Ias a retired Police officer and voluntary PoliceMuseum Researcher am slowly extracting theserecords. Cheshire Police Officer Enrolment Recordsare held under Reference CJP7 Volumes 1-5. Thesefive volumes are very large and in poor condition,run from 1857- 22 March 1913; the informationwhich you seek would therefore be recorded inVolume 4. The information regarding his marriageis retained in CJP24/2, 1847-1966.I say all this because I want to try and reassureyou that what I give you is as it appears in therespective volumes.If you also read the history of the CheshireConstabulary "To the Best of Our Skill andKnowledge" which is on the Museum Web Site, I feelcertain that a useful picture can be obtained oflife in the force at the time, my own opinion isthat discipline was severe and those who strayedoutside the rules were fined way above what theyearned or dismissed. Also the restrictions ontheir private life, an officer was not allowed todrink on or off duty even in his own home. It allcomes down to the fact that up until the 1960'severy Chief Constable of Cheshire was an exmilitary officer and they of course brought withthem the military codes of practice.I trust you will enjoy what follows and can I askyou when you get a moment would you send a quickmail so I can mark of your enquiry as completed.If you have any further questions please don'thesitate to contact me. Jim Talbot. Trustee andResearcher, Cheshire Museum of Policing.Collar Number/Rank. PC 75 Ebenezer HUGHES.Born. 1868. Llanynys, Ruthin, Denbighshire.Date of Entry. 19 August 1889.Date of Leaving. 18 August 1905.Final Date of Leaving. 18 August 1905.How Discharged. Death in service. (Cause notrecorded)Initial Posting. HQ Reserve.Other Postings and Dates. 09 September 1889Nantwich, 13 October 1890 Crewe, 23 April 1892Hawk Green, 01 November 1899 Bosley, 01 January1903 Altrincham, 23 July 1903 Altrincham Heatley.Miscellaneous Information. Previous OccupationLabourer. Religion Protestant, Height 5' 11", Age21, Eyes Grey, Hair Dark Brown, Complexion Fresh,Build Proportional.Promotion/Misconduct. 12 February 1890 Parading onduty half an hour late, Fined 5/-, 01 December1890 Absent from Conference Point at 6.30pm atCrewe, Fined 2/6d, 10 February 1891 Not workinghis beat properly at Crewe, Fined 7/6d, 15December 1894 Disobedience of General Orders No342 of 07 December 1894 by entering the PollingBooth otherwise than for duty at Marple at 3.20pm,Fined 5/-.Weekly Pay 19 August 1889 23/11d, 01 July 189024/6d, 01 July 1891 26/3d, 01 September 189126/10d, 01 September 1892 28/-, 01 September 189429/4d, 01 September 1896 30/4d, 01 September 190131/6d.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. No GoodConduct reports recorded.Marriage Record.Officer. Ebenezer HUGHES.Occupation. Police ConstableAge. 23 years.Condition. Bachelor.Place of residence at Marriage. CreweDate of Marriage. 16 March 1891.Place Married. St. Anne's Church, Birkenhead.Fathers Name. James HUGHES.Fathers Occupation. Farmer, Cheshire.Spouse. Sophia WILLIAMS.Occupation. Not stated.Age. 25 years.Condition. Spinster.Place of residence. Birkenhead.Fathers Name. William WILLIAMS.Fathers Occupation. Carpenter.The Curator, Museum of Policing in Cheshire,Warrington Police Station, Arpley Street,Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 1LQ