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Page 76
I set off at once to the sea , accompanied by police , headmen , the accused , and
the child ' s relations . The young man took us to the place where he had thrown
the body into the sea . The headmen collected 20 or 30 villagers and all day ...
I set off at once to the sea , accompanied by police , headmen , the accused , and
the child ' s relations . The young man took us to the place where he had thrown
the body into the sea . The headmen collected 20 or 30 villagers and all day ...
Page 79
But I was never a full - time Police Magistrate and only acted occasionally as
Superintendent of Police , and one soon found , as I said above , that it was
extremely difficult to prevent effectively the primitive and illegal methods of the
police and ...
But I was never a full - time Police Magistrate and only acted occasionally as
Superintendent of Police , and one soon found , as I said above , that it was
extremely difficult to prevent effectively the primitive and illegal methods of the
police and ...
Page 242
There was very little crime in Hambantota town and the police force consisted , as
I have said , of one Police Sergeant . During my three years there the various
races and religions had lived amicably side by side . But a night or two before I
left ...
There was very little crime in Hambantota town and the police force consisted , as
I have said , of one Police Sergeant . During my three years there the various
races and religions had lived amicably side by side . But a night or two before I
left ...
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| Title | Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2 Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Leonard Woolf Volume 2 of Woolf, Leonard: An autobiography of the years |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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