haves, which must cease to exist on
next Saturday, the 20th Instant.
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2. As explained to the Council, the object now is to save the
Police from the corruption, which formerly prevailed, when Gambling being declared illegal
and yet being almost universally prevalent, the connivance of the Police was secured
by a wide spread system of Bribery.
In fact it was well known that a great part of the Force was in receipt of regular weekly or monthly pay from the Gamblers. Under the license system the licensees and their native Agents acted so energetically in their own interests to suppress rival gaming establishments, that finally almost none such existed. Consequently the Police could threaten none with exposure, or the alternative of purchasing their secret connivance. The members of Force, on the whole, therefore, remained free from corruption because they could not get themselves corrupted.
3. We are now thrown back on the old law of 1844 and the powers conferred by Section 20 of Ordinance No 9 of 1867. Every Constable, however, has under the latter most extensive powers, which he might indulge most mischievously and corruptly, though it may hereafter be necessary to apply for fresh