JB/150/411/001

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Police report XII

XII Board - its functions
List of delinquencies
committed with their
respective damage
The basis of comparison, the list of acts of
delinquency committed in each period <add> prosecuted
as well as prosecuted included in a mass of that sort information,
depends upon that sort of information to the obtainment
of which the ordinary recourse, legal compulsion</add>
The number of offences against property
would be inadequate. But though incapable of being
committed [in each period] and the amount
obtained by means, the obtaining of a liberally
of the loss by each, articles heads of information
compulsorily of it by unconvincing means,
seems attended with little uncertainty or difficulty.
that already stated as being in the present state
Were it but generally understood that the information in
of things unattainable. Not There seems however
with the exception of such
of them as have not been brought
to light from time to time
by any of those modes
of prosecution of which
written laws are to be
found
no reason why if proper means were with by the help of such means as might
question would be attended to and turned to account
be employed the attainment of it should be
in the way of use, adequate to the surmounting
of. the occasions like those in question
the trouble and <add>whatever other opposing consideration the</add>
men in general are not backward in
case may afford seems not likely to be generally
deficient.
communicating their losses, especially where any
the slightest chance prospect either of revenge pecuniary
or even vindictive satisfaction may be the
result of the communication. .
No means of compelling
such communications
But if the means were
provided, if doing it to any purpose effect
in request, instances would
not be wanting.
If information
could be given Were it but known that the information
would not only be received, but attended
to and profited by acted upon without expense to the informant,
the trouble in general would not be
grudged. If the printing the correspondence on this subject
could be rendered free of expense to the enforcement
by means upon a plan which should be devoid
of those abuses in consideration of which the
privilege of has undergone been laid under such
strict and laudable restrictions so many necessary restraints (and your
Committee see no difficulty in the task) an
offence of this class Your Committee believe
would seldom indeed escape punishment for
want of information. As for The information, it is of
a sort which as far from its being a fit subject
of taxation, it would be well worth the while of
government, and which in many instances
government is glad to purchase at a high price.

Identifier: | JB/150/411/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 150.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	150	Main Headings	panopticon versus new south wales; police bill
Folio number	411	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	50632
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