As a proof of the variety of
implements used 2
may quote
a
case (one of many) in which almonds
were used, and the
was
gambling steer
neatly
produced in Court so
filted with a
hollowed out and trigger that
out and....ficted...
an
extra almond could
if necessary be dropped without- detection amongst those that were being comited.
a
The evidence required of person who had actually played,
having entered in the first instance
as a stranger,
and
was
was also necessary,
most difficult to procure. The only persons who could be
induced to act as Public informers
being
men)
of so low a class,
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to render it easy to shake thin
testimony by proof of previous bad character.
The briting of the Police is a point that I have never heard denied by any
are in a position to
obtain the necessary corroborative underes The tribe given varied according
to the rank
case
of the recipient. in each
being so much a
шилек
for
each house - according to one statement
Sergiant, and 70 for a Police
being ad for
an
Inspecta, 12/2 for
a
Constable.
This
was
I think the maximum
payment, but the recipient
was