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The timing could not have been better. The new Chief Constable, Captain Johnes Smith had powers under the 1856 County and Borough Police Act to reorganise the force and increase its numbers, and to incur expenditure in erecting station-houses.
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By 1858 Police Sgt John Clark was resident in the area, and a police station complete with cells was being built on the corner of Stone Place and [[Hoole Road]]. Cpt Smith's official residence was to be Hoole Lodge which may have had a bearing on provision in Hoole; the County Constabulary headquarters was then in Seller Street, later moving to Egerton Street.
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