The other day our District Ma: had occasion to request in a matter of police duty.
Certain villagers were reported to have buried alive a deserter from the Regiment. With an escort of 100 soldiers the magistrate act out at midnight to investigate the matter, He appears to have had considera able difficulty in getting at the real facts of the case, but brought in certain culprits for trial, and left lasting traces of his visit to the offending village.
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