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After a long interval, an effort has been made to justify the recommendation of the Police Commission that Sergeant [[Steele|STEELE]] should be reduced to the ranks. It will be remembered that the Police Commission, while laying down the rule that it is "unjust that an inferior officer should be punished for the laches of his superior officer," yet hold that Sergeant STEELE should have superseded Inspector BROOK SMITH, and should have neglected work he was specially charged to execute, in order to perform work expressly delegated to Mr SMITH. Such a position is clearly indefensible. Sergeant STEELE received certain orders from his superior officer, he carried them out to the satisfaction of that officer, and there is an end of the matter. The defence is to draw a herring across the trail.