[Hosea Stout Diary] Friday July 30th 1847. Sent out 4 men on guard & staid in
The council met to try the case of the young men stealing the canoe but they had ran away & of course no trial and as there was no other business before the council the subject of the police came up and the council wanted us to make some reports which we were not willing to do because our evedence was only as the evedence of another man & in cases of adultery the chance would be against a single policeman if he reported. It was however decided that a policeman testimony should be taken in preference to any one else & we would be safe in making all reports[.] This council resulted in much good as may be learned hereafter
[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]
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