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Show The freqcescy of the inatancea where policemen are called to answer for cruelly andunneceeBarily beating offenders has again revived tho discussion dis-cussion in the east as to the proper size and weight of the official billy. New Haven is now wrestling with the question, and finds it a mo3t delicate deli-cate subject. All seem to agree that this symbol Bhould be heavy enough to enforce the weightof Vs autbonty, but not so heavy as to be a brutal instrument; in-strument; that it should be heavy enough to tell the unruly offdnder,1 but not heavy enough to endanger j his life. We fear that no bucIi billy will ever be made. The size and weight of the club do not form bo important a feature na to the danger, , as lue puwer, cip:inic33 m. brutality ol the officer who wield i it. In the hands of some policemen a very formidable weapon may be used ( with leas danger to lifa than an in-, significant club in tho hinds ot j others. Wnen the physical power and degrees ol humanity of policemen can be gauged, then the Btze and weight Of their clubs may be nr-ranged. nr-ranged. As men cannot he made to fit tho clubs, the latter nhuuld be made to Ot the men. |