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were several shops broken into and robbed, but the Police were even cctive participants in the work

of spoliation, and a

of

large portion

Was

acturally

I the stolen property found at the Central Station in

the popepion of Policemen..__

There

is no occasion.

upon

the

well

energies of the Police Offairs,

which

rs as

men, are more, required for

their

the discharge of

especial duties

than during a fire, as any with scrawar of the former lends to laxity of discipline, and any removal of the latter from their beats afford opportunities for which the lawless are ever watshful expectants.

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Ultims that the Captain Supirimandené attributed tus robberies at the residences of the Register Several and the Brown Solicitor to the pancity

the beats during.

of men on

disturbance in the town, and thus, as it has been made evident that

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any severance of the Officers of the Police from their legitimate duties can only affect public interests disadvantigeonry. I would venture to suggest that for the fultore the services of the Police should be confined to the disoharya of those duties for which, the Force is solely raised.