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were several shops broken into and robbed, but the Police were even cctive participants in the work
of spoliation, and a
of
large portion
Was
acturally
I the stolen property found at the Central Station in
the popepion of Policemen..__
There
is no occasion.
upon
the
well
energies of the Police Offairs,
which
rs as
men, are more, required for
their
the discharge of
especial duties
than during a fire, as any with scrawar of the former lends to laxity of discipline, and any removal of the latter from their beats afford opportunities for which the lawless are ever watshful expectants.
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b.
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the 28.1
Ultims that the Captain Supirimandené attributed tus robberies at the residences of the Register Several and the Brown Solicitor to the pancity
the beats during.
of men on
disturbance in the town, and thus, as it has been made evident that
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any severance of the Officers of the Police from their legitimate duties can only affect public interests disadvantigeonry. I would venture to suggest that for the fultore the services of the Police should be confined to the disoharya of those duties for which, the Force is solely raised.