Sir,
The fourth Schedule above referred to
Central Police Station
August 20th 1897
410
Laws 4897
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I have the honour to make the following statement
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against the report of gross neglect of duty and not reporting a gambling house No. 2, We Love, for which I was suspended from duty on the 15th July.
I beg to state that in July 1894, I was appointed to No. 2 gambling district, and remained in charge till 1st of April 1895, when I was transferred to Shau the Wan, where I remained till about the 20th of June 1895, when I was transferred back to the Central Station, and again appointed to the same gambling district.
During the Plague in 1894, all the houses in Wa 4 were vacant for a long time, with the exception of Nos. 1 and 2, and the ground floors of Nos. 1 and 2, and this caused gamblers to play sometimes in one and sometimes in another of the vacant houses; at this time they gave much trouble that in December 1894, Mr. Herschel ordered an European Constable to be placed on duty in this Wa Lane and Leung Wing Street from 8 a.m. till 10 p.m. I believe they kept on duty there for about five months, during which time the gambling ceased there; but shortly after the Constable was taken off, they reported the gambling was playing again in Wa Lane about this time, the head gamblers were reported, and I believe five of them were recommended for banishment and banished.
During the 33 months that I have been in charge of this gambling district, I have taken out 1044 gambling warrants or more; 31 of these warrants were executed in raids on various houses in Wa Lane, and the whole number were more or less successful.
Against this particular house No. 1, We Love, I have taken out three warrants, the last one on the 25th of January last, and arrested ...
One of the most successful raids was at No. 4, Wa Lane, on 31 October 1896, when I made arrangements for Acting Sergeant Grabane to go from No. 4 Station and take ...