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PREFATORY NOTE.
This consolidated circular is intended to take the place of numerous circulars relating to the treatment of offenders against the law and some other kindred matters which have been issued from the Home
Office to Chief Officers of Police at various dates since 1885. Most of the circulars embodied in it have been revised, and special attention is directed to sections IV, VIII and XVIII (paragraphs 20-27) which comprise important additions,
HOME OFFICE,
1st January, 1925.
JOHN ANDERSON.
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