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" of crime have in many cases " remained undiscovered that Nis
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" Excellenay the Lieutenant-Governor
" is hereby requested to cause a
Capy of the first and second ar "amended reports of Mes + Smith, " Mary and Mitchell Commisioners -appointed by His Excellency the "Governor to be laid before such
Committee and that the Committee
"
do make a report to this Council
" and that the consideration of the item "
"be.
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Police Department $172,396, 20
• postponed until after the rescipt "of such report"
is
$ proper to be debated at the
Legislative Council to be held on
the 11th day of November 1870-
My
Aeddons as
upon which the above
are among others
spinion is of sunded are among
because I believe that _
The
-police force has become demoratiss
one main cause.
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of which my experience
Judge leads me to trace to the -debasing influence of the Gaming. Houses and of Gaming therein on all the lower classes.
That this demoralised state
first forced itself on my
attention
largely affecting the Police in the Holworthy murder and Lowkewan murder cases in both of which the hope of obtaining Government rewards ted to conspiracies to