CO129-149 - Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1871 [1-4] — Page 250

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" of crime have in many cases " remained undiscovered that Nis

" Excellenay the Lieutenant-Governor

" is hereby requested to cause a

Capy of the first and second ar "amended reports of Mes + Smith, " Mary and Mitchell Commisioners -appointed by His Excellency the "Governor to be laid before such

Committee and that the Committee

"

do make a report to this Council

" and that the consideration of the item "

"be.

"/

Police Department $172,396, 20

• postponed until after the rescipt "of such report"

is

$ proper to be debated at the

Legislative Council to be held on

the 11th day of November 1870-

My

Aeddons as

upon which the above

are among others

spinion is of sunded are among

because I believe that _

The

-police force has become demoratiss

one main cause.

-J

of which my experience

Judge leads me to trace to the -debasing influence of the Gaming. Houses and of Gaming therein on all the lower classes.

That this demoralised state

first forced itself on my

attention

largely affecting the Police in the Holworthy murder and Lowkewan murder cases in both of which the hope of obtaining Government rewards ted to conspiracies to

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