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with smuggling, so much success that mentors of the smugglers found their smugglers' occupations gone. They were naturally the most dangerous class, trained to combination and familiar with the use of deadly weapons. The Police charge-sheets for 1885 show that many of these fellows were convicted with deeds of violence and frankly, described their occupations as smugglers. But even with this adverse state of affairs - reference to the returns of Crime show that the Police secured a very substantial, and, compared with the previous year, a higher average of arrests and convictions, with reference to crimes of violence. From the entire absence of any allusions in the Committee's Report, it would naturally be inferred that they were dealing with a normal condition of affairs; and there was on the one hand a general prevailing inference that crime is rampant and uncontrolled, on the other hand not a single record to support it.

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So far as the Public Press is concerned, no reference was made to the CARLS case that broke down in 1883 at the Supreme Court, in connection with which blame to the Police was not imputed disregarding other incidental matters, equally beyond the control of the Police that may have tended in this direction I would beg permission to submit two remarks -

(a) There are two Jury lists in the Colony - the Special and the Common List - the former is a large one, and the latter is extended so that it includes foreigners...

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29. with smuggling, so much success that mentors of the smugglers found their smugglers' occupations gone. They were naturally the most dangerous class, trained to combination and familiar with the use of deadly weapons. The Police charge-sheets for 1885 show that many of these fellows were convicted with deeds of violence and frankly, described their occupations as smugglers. But even with this adverse state of affairs - reference to the returns of Crime show that the Police secured a very substantial, and, compared with the previous year, a higher average of arrests and convictions, with reference to crimes of violence. From the entire absence of any allusions in the Committee's Report, it would naturally be inferred that they were dealing with a normal condition of affairs; and there was on the one hand a general prevailing inference that crime is rampant and uncontrolled, on the other hand not a single record to support it. 20. So far as the Public Press is concerned, no reference was made to the CARLS case that broke down in 1883 at the Supreme Court, in connection with which blame to the Police was not imputed disregarding other incidental matters, equally beyond the control of the Police that may have tended in this direction I would beg permission to submit two remarks - (a) There are two Jury lists in the Colony - the Special and the Common List - the former is a large one, and the latter is extended so that it includes foreigners...
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with

sunggling, so much success that mentors of the sung glows found their

sunggles vccupections gone. They were seaturally most dangerous class, trained to conbinatione rend familiar with the of deadly weapons. The Police charge-sheets for 1885 shour that inany

of these

1110w Averc Convoted with deeds

Crive will

of violence and frankly, described their occupations as eagglers. But even with this adverse state of affairs - reference to the ratiouns of Crimme show that the Police secured a very substantial, and, compared with previous year, a higher average of arrests and convictions, with reference to crines of violuce. From the entire

of vicbur

allusions in the

absence of any

Committee's Report, it would naturally

be

inferred that they

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dealing with a

norual condition of affairs; and there

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form a ground work.

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that broke down in 1883 at the Supreme

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tended in this direction I would beg permission to submit two reuxrks-

(a) There

are two Jury fists in the Colmy - the Special and the Common List - the former

I is a leage one, died

xt

the latter is extended so that it includes

foreigners

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