Changes

== Recollections of a Victorian Police Officer by Sup John Sadleir ==

'''THE THEATRE ROYAL CAFE''' The scenes in this cafe were often a very questionable kind that could scarcely be tolerated at the present day. The licensees of the Theatre Royal Cafe were Coleman and Thompson, and when after due warning the police took out summonses against them, a commotion was raised that in these more sober days in which I write can scarcely be imagined. I was pressed on every side to withdraw proceedings. My own superior officers - so I was told - also disapproved. My reply was: ‘If I receive written instructions I shall of course let the matter drop,’ but no such instructions were given. The proceedings were taken on reports from the police, who had begun to exhibit higher views of duty than had hitherto prevailed, and I could not lend myself to do anything that would tend to their discouragement.