FRENCH POLICE TRIAL.
A SYSTEM OF BLACKMAIL. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright! Times—Sot set Sun Special Cables (Received 8,0 a.m.) Paris, August 17. The policemen were censured for carrying' on a system of blackmail. In order to gain a premium for successful arrests, they apprehended innocent persons. When arresting anyone for shoplifting;, they would, en route to the- station slip something inL o the victim's pocket. In one case i. man of good family was changing n •rold piece for a lady, when he was arrested and charged with living on her earnings. ' The constable going to the cells whiskered that the- matter would be snuared on the payment of -CI. Accused informed the Magistrate, who 'ncreased accused's sentence for •nsnlting a zeolons servant of the State.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 88, 18 August 1913, Page 5
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125FRENCH POLICE TRIAL. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 88, 18 August 1913, Page 5
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