a Policeman to inspect the House of Detention for malax and females. If this circumstance ix true, the foreigners must regard your petitioners as in no different from thieves and robbers, and overlook the fact that they are respectable persons.
It is to be feared, moreover, that the ight of the country will thus be prejudiced.
Your petitioners accusation und ation and decision; and, wholly unwilling that the Police should encroach upon the right of custody, beg you to take note, consider the matter. and make every effort to revent these proceedings, thus preserythe procedure with reference to the n of civil caves. By this means evils will result, the people will be secure, and the law observed. We shall thus be very grateful.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.