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hostponed her registration and send to "the Lang tia Stacpital and alked the thairman of the Solining tuck to see if he could find out anything from her. He succeived in getting

her father, and the and the woman father came and the

the namex

of

told

her story in tears - that the had been brought down here - kept in a sly

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brothel. then in a

ant

registered and finally brought to this office. II took an information and issued Warrant, and had the

Qu

oman who

brought her for requctuation arrested,

change of forcitly detaining

ma

woman in the buskel. Frecording to She was kept in a

Cy

the

brothel

her story for a week then hid below a bed when

the Inspectors

-

when she was

came

for a while, and

properly coached, she

was brought here for registration with

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promise of $10 if she got registered. The case has been before the Magistrates for some time but they did wish find the evidence of forcible detention sufficient te convict. The woman however "is restored to her

fattart. I'm my lette of the 14: Jame In

June MP34 I pointed out the establishment of a systems of photographs in order to help in detecting

detecting cases of personation

in the Brothels. "The Mistresses of the Prothels were much opposed to the

Yo of frrotest saying

requlation- and over

bady

here in a

to

business would stop to

them

came

the

aud that bad

in

luck would follow to _ Stowever I told them that the liberty of every give the brothels must be secures, and that the requlation only applied to girls coming to be registered for the first time! Some

persons circulated

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