We have recently seen un illustration of their coldness in a small matter. Since New Year many small articles have been stolen from our front courts, Fin lly the ipa", "alter due pressure and promise, foui.d some of the things in the possession of a bred peddler, Nhe peddler ud ted that they were there but that he would ike to see who could yet. them Some members of his family, and most probably he, belong to one of these secret 8. We asked for the arrest of the peddler, He was not arrested even after we had made several requests, We then found that the miistrate's leniency was. probably due to the fact tha' the peddler had "n' uncle who was one of the magis. trate's recorders. When our coutivual going began to worry the magistrate and he pressed for the arrest of the culprit a 2: th August.
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