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<p> be also urged as another reason why Pawn Brokers should pay an additional<lb/>Duty the check which would be given to disreputable persons who might <lb/>under an improved System be prevented from obtaining Licences. Under the <lb/>present System where Revenue more than Police appears to be the object <lb/>(since every person is Licenced who can raise £10 for the Metropolis and £5<lb/>for the Country) infinite injuries are felt by the lower orders of the <lb/>People and frequently great discredit and obloquy are thrown upon <lb/>the reputable part of the Trade from the <gap/> practices of those of <lb/>suspicious Characters through whose medium Crime are generated<lb/>and the utmost facility afforded in the Sale & disposal of Stolen Goods<lb/>all which evils would in a great measure be prevented if a power <lb/>existed to refuse Licenses to persons of evil fame who could Produce no <lb/>testimonial Character & who could not find Security for good behaviour<lb/>It is therefore tp be presumed that a Duty by Licence (Grounded on <lb/>Security for good Conduct ) on Pawn Brokers as Dealers in Metals Old <lb/><sic>Cloaths | |||
</sic> and other Articles, as well a<del><gap/></del> <add> as </add> upon similar Trades who do not <lb/>besides exercise the functions of Pawn Brokers (and which have been <lb/>enumerated in Paper N<hi rend="superscript">o</hi> 2) would tend in a eminent degree under the <lb/> regulations which are proposed to prevent Crimes by rendering it difficult <lb/>if not impossible for disreputable and criminal persons to obtain Licences<lb/>Or if so obtained equally difficult to commit offences without detection.</p> <p>Might it be useful with a view to more Police that without being <lb/> Subject to any Licence Duty all Lodging Houses should be <lb/> registered and required to give a regular account to the Police Office<lb/> of all Lodgers received by them?</p> <p> I have long been of that opinion and in the Hill for the prevention of crime <lb/>which I drew in the Year 1794 I had it in contemplation to introduce some <lb/> Clauses for the purpose of registering Lodging houses whose <del>the</del> weekly rent<lb/> did not exceed 10 Shillings. Not that I had any material objection to extend <lb/> the Register to <del>all</del><add> every description of </add> Lodging Houses, but I was restrained from going <lb/> farther from an apprehension that objections might be raised from </p> | |||
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be also urged as another reason why Pawn Brokers should pay an additional
Duty the check which would be given to disreputable persons who might
under an improved System be prevented from obtaining Licences. Under the
present System where Revenue more than Police appears to be the object
(since every person is Licenced who can raise £10 for the Metropolis and £5
for the Country) infinite injuries are felt by the lower orders of the
People and frequently great discredit and obloquy are thrown upon
the reputable part of the Trade from the practices of those of
suspicious Characters through whose medium Crime are generated
and the utmost facility afforded in the Sale & disposal of Stolen Goods
all which evils would in a great measure be prevented if a power
existed to refuse Licenses to persons of evil fame who could Produce no
testimonial Character & who could not find Security for good behaviour
It is therefore tp be presumed that a Duty by Licence (Grounded on
Security for good Conduct ) on Pawn Brokers as Dealers in Metals Old
Cloaths
and other Articles, as well a as upon similar Trades who do not
besides exercise the functions of Pawn Brokers (and which have been
enumerated in Paper No 2) would tend in a eminent degree under the
regulations which are proposed to prevent Crimes by rendering it difficult
if not impossible for disreputable and criminal persons to obtain Licences
Or if so obtained equally difficult to commit offences without detection.
Might it be useful with a view to more Police that without being
Subject to any Licence Duty all Lodging Houses should be
registered and required to give a regular account to the Police Office
of all Lodgers received by them?
I have long been of that opinion and in the Hill for the prevention of crime
which I drew in the Year 1794 I had it in contemplation to introduce some
Clauses for the purpose of registering Lodging houses whose the weekly rent
did not exceed 10 Shillings. Not that I had any material objection to extend
the Register to all every description of Lodging Houses, but I was restrained from going
farther from an apprehension that objections might be raised from
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[[watermarks::l munn [britannia with shield emblem]]] |
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benjamin constant |
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see note to letter 1329, vol. 6 |
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