CO129-152 - Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1871 [9-10] — Page 264

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crime could be introduced and

without incurring any carried on

additional expenditure, and then such serious doubts as were raised

directions last year, of the reliableness of Police Returns

in so

nang

could no

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longer

be consistently urged. I am well aware it

may be urged

03

an excuse)

for

the present Form of Actum, that

similar Forms

were in use

England, and

adopted in some

may

in

still be

places there ;

get I respectfully submit that it

is altogether too

vaque

and defective

in its presents state to be relied on to fairly and erlearly show the

working of a Police Force :

Great improvements

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ents have.

been effected in lengland in the deeping of criminal Records, and the compilation of the returns since the English Police Act came into operation, many of which might be adopted here with much advantage. Many of the charges

are entered so

badly that

it is quite impossible to correctly classify from them alone the offences committed. Sometimes accused parties

ared

charged with Highway Robboy, when they should only be entered for assault and vice versa.

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