This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...buyer was taken in, and the seller was a " trap" or disguised agent of the police, who was bold enough to venture into the jackals' den so as to give evidence against the receiver. In such cases discovery was followed by cruel punishment, and the eating-house resounded with the screams of the poor creature who ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...buyer was taken in, and the seller was a " trap" or disguised agent of the police, who was bold enough to venture into the jackals' den so as to give evidence against the receiver. In such cases discovery was followed by cruel punishment, and the eating-house resounded with the screams of the poor creature who was being beaten--indeed, tortured--and had no redress. The extent to which illicit buying went on is seen in the fact that one dealer had as many as sixty natives in his pay, all "planted" on various claims and workings, for the set purpose of stealing stones and carrying them to him. As a general rule, however, the dealer did not buy direct. When the system of licensing buyers was introduced, the "I. D. B." was more wary and did not appear in person. The Kaffir or native thief sold his plunder to a native tout, whom he preferred because he paid in good gold, whereas the white buyers played many dirty tricks with flash notes and spurious Hanoverian coins. The native tout passed his purchase on to a white man, the agent, avowed or not, of the licensed buyer, who, in any case, asked no questions. The traffic flourished unchecked by the light penalties of earlier legislation and produced enormous profits. More than 30,000 was cleared in a few years by unscrupulous individuals, who then turned honest and rose to high place. Many seemingly most respectable persons owed the foundation of their fortune to the gains thus dishonestly acquired. The most serious blow aimed at the "I. D. B." was the famous ordinance--the Diamond Trade Act--of 1882, which made it criminal to possess a diamond, rough or uncut, without being able to account for it and prove its lawful acquisition. At the same time extensive...
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