Note 28 — Chapter V · (continued 2)
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A number of respectable citizens of Neuchâtel had voluntarily proposed to act as special constables. There is no doubt that the result would in that case have been very different to that which actually took place. The proposal was rejected by the majority of the Council of State, to whom it was not pleasing, and it was especially distasteful to M. Cornaz, the head of the Department of Justice and Police.