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THE POLICE.W« have got in Belfast now a Protestant Legal Defence Association, and a public meeting was held last night under its auspices. Sam Criglington, of Dungannon fame, was one of the speakers, and in a lengthened tirade abused the Royal Irish Constabulary in all the moods and tenses. The constabulary were introduced into Belfast as a force independent of local control in order that they might be in a position to discharge their duties without reference to parties. Their predecessors were appointed by the Corporation. They were a purely local body, very much out of date, and in times of trouble utterly useless as a peace-preserving organisation. Their ranks % were recruited
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Belfast Morning News
Belfast, Ulster, GB
Fri, Sep 17, 1880
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