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the head constable being Myles Zi-po Thin duly is to keep watch especially at night. They have the power of arrest which is deputized to them by the gentry and elders of this village.

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If a person is arrested by a village constable, he is taken before the gentry and elders of the village who are assembled for the purpose. The gentry and elders who are representatives of the clans inhabiting the villages are selected by the inhabitants to deal with usual cases in the village council.

The types of cases are theft, disputes about land, domestic squabbles, and cases of debt. These cases are dealt with summarily by the village council in a fraternal manner.

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##the head constable being Myles Zi-po Thin duly is to keep watch especially at night. They have the power of arrest which is deputized to them by the gentry and elders of this village.Local VillagesIf a person is arrested by a village constable, he is taken before the gentry and elders of the village who are assembled for the purpose. The gentry and elders who are representatives of the clans inhabiting the villages are selected by the inhabitants to deal with usual cases in the village council.##The types of cases are theft, disputes about land, domestic squabbles, and cases of debt. These cases are dealt with summarily by the village council in a fraternal manner.

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the head constable being Myles Zi-po

Thin duly

is to kup watch especially at night. They have the power of arrest which deputia to them by the giating and elders of this

village

Local

Villages.

If a person is arrectia

village constable he is

leken before the genting

elders of the inlage who a place ape

assemble.

cially appointed for the porpore. The genting

elders who au

refere-

sentatives of the clans

habiting the villages are

selected by the inhabitants

to deal with

village council

Usual cases

in the

The t

are there of

theft, disputes about land,

domestic squabbles, and

cases of debt-

These cases

dealt mist

Frater

More of

summarily

by the village

Council

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