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"all conditions, without education, without responsibility, has it in its power at any time to board an American ship and take out crew, or arrest her Captain!
"I have seen in your Newspapers accounts of houses being entered and robbed by persons wearing the police uniform. What is to prevent ships being plundered in the same way?
Extract of a letter from M. W. Farrant to the United States Consul, dated "Friend of China Office, 5th November 1885. page 33.
"I understood, on Saturday, two of the 'Reindeer's' discharged men came to the Police Office and informed that Madison was on board in irons; upon which Mr. Brand, Pré notified the Assistant Magistrate and Sheriff Mitchell, who directed him to board and release him. On Mr. Grand Pré's application for a Warrant, he was told the uniform of the police was sufficient warrant. Finally, Mr. Grand Pré wrote his name in a book.
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175
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