A COMPLAINT.
(To the Editor of the Evening Star.)
Sib,—lf we constitute -ourselves (as I believe we do) an important portion of the British Empire, how is it that cur liberty is attempted to be tampered with by our servants. I suppose Mr. Bullon to be one, (being only a policeman of superior grade. I .happened by chance to be at the Annual Licensing Court. I heard some remarks from Mr. Bullen anemt the Willoughby Hotel, or its proprietor, which I or any other British subject can scarcely consider- consistent, with the spirit of the British constitution, which maintains that all men are innocent until proved guilty of outraging the laws of society. Mr. Bullen objected to a renewal of Brown's license on the ground that he (Brown) surreptitiously received stolen specimens from Cass, the informer. Now, while ladmit the justice of deterring crime, I can never countenance, even from our highest police officer, seeking inquisitorially to ruin a man without the slightest charge that Mr. Bullen or his myrmidons would dare to substantiate.
T.C.
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Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1668, 23 April 1874, Page 2
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175A COMPLAINT. Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1668, 23 April 1874, Page 2
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