ceedings against these officers on the charge of corruption, as in the case of Inspector Mitchell, owing to the insuperable difficulty of tracing the intermediaries through whom the actual payments of hush money passed. It has accordingly been necessary to deal with them departmentally under the Police Ordinance, and in doing so it has been almost impossible to dissociate the strong circumstantial evidence of their guilt on the count of corruption from the responsibilities which devolved upon them by reason of the nature of their duties and their evident unfitness for such responsibilities.
3. Inspectors Stanton and Quincey and Sergeant Holt were the responsible officers
ceedings against these of
ficers
on the charge of con ruption, as in the case
of
Inspector Mitchell, owing to the insuperable diffi- culty of tracing the interme. diaries through whom the actual payments of bush
money passed. It has according. ly been necessary to deal with them departmentally
are said to have
under the Police Ordinance,
and in
doing
so it has.
been
Where
Where is
is
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been almost impossible
to
dissociate the strong circum
stantial evidence of their
graver
count
guilt on the of corruption from the re- sponsibilities which de- volved upon them by reason
of the nature of their duties file and their evident unfit- for such responsibili-
ness
ties.
3.
Inspectors Stanton
and Quincey and Sergeant Holt were the responsible
officers
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