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(HO45/97551) PALL MALL GAZETTE. |
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| (1) "It is said that between 100 and 150 Constables were dismissed, fined or otherwise punished for drunkenness at Christmas last." |
(1) This is not true. Only 81 men were reported for drunkenness during the Christmas holidays being the smallest number for the last 3 years. |
| These Criminal Returns certainly make
it quite clear that under the new Criminal Investigation Department the detection of crime has become more uncertain than ever. In 1871 one person was apprehended on the average for every three burglaries committed, but in 1878 the proportion was only one person for every eight burglaries committed. Again, in 1877, the value of property lost and not recovered by the police amounted to £97,484, while last year it was £137,498, or an increase of 41 per cent. Compared with 1871 the increase was much greater than this, being no less than 136 per cent. |
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