CO129-131 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [6-7] — Page 86

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"to the Police Fonce".

2

I also transmit the opinion of the Acting Attorney General

Enclosure. W. 2

om

the

observe.

Ordinance, And Your Greece will strive that the Attorney General thinks the "Ordinance does not sufficiently protect the vested interests of certain Members of the Police.

such suggestion from any quanter merits careful consideration,

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und it was therefore very fully discuped in the Legislative Council; but neither

the other Members of that

myself

Plody

mov

considered the

reasoning of the

Attorney General sufficiently

Conclusive

to render necesary any modification of

the Ordinance.

13.

Cis, however, M. Ball reverts to the

tefic in his inclosed opinion I find it necesary to place before Your Grace

as to the

origin of

full information the Ordinance and its object.

4. The Ordinance would probably never have been brought forward but

for the case of

one of

did a

a man named O'Toole, the Palice Instructans, who

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mever

really good day's work during the whole term of his service, and of

whom the best that Can be said is

that

way comupt like most of his

if

he did harm

ov wao w

in

any

To he

good fortiene

of his clap

was never detected; a piece of

for which he

was indebted probably to

his being always told off for duty

at

the markets on account of his supposed

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