Mr. A. R. Ellerington, the Chief Constable of St. Helens,
Lancashire, has been entirely exonerated of the charges brought against him by the St. Helens Watch Committee. There have been two inquiries and the reports on both were issued on Tuesday. Mr. Ellerington was repeatedly accused by the Watch Committee of insulting conduct, and they dismissed him without pay and without the right of appeal. The reports show that the allegations of the Watch Committee were " untrue, and were made males fide with an ulterior object " ; further, that two members of the Committee in particular " baited " Mr. Ellerington and generally acted " with enmity and unfairness." The conclusion is expressed that it is doubtful whether the Chief Constable of a Borough ought to be " at the mercy of a temporary majority of a Watch Committee acting perhaps on party lines."
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