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consider that unless exemplary punishment is meted out to
Policemen who flagrantly betray their trust, as I am fully
convinced these men did, then it is hopeless to toil and la-
bour to keep the Police Force and especially the Chinese
Detective Staff decently honest.
In the eyes of the native population the dis-
missal and banishment of the Petitioners has been even a more
salutary object lesson than the conviction and imprisonment of
Witchell.
29th. April,1898.
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MAY,
Captain Supt. of Police.