§ MR. C. REEDsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether Inspector Young, of the Herts Constabulary, was recently removed from his office upon a well-founded charge of exceeding his duty under circumstances of peculiar aggravation; whether, notwithstanding his dismissal, he has been permitted to discharge his accustomed duties; and, whether, it is true that he has been re-instated in the office of Inspector in the town of Hitchin, where the offence was committed?
MR. BRUCE, in reply, said, he believed the facts, as stated by his hon. Friend were substantially correct. This inspector had performed an act exceeding his authority under the circumstances mentioned. He was suspended by the 1087 local bench of magistrates and re-instated by those of the county, he (Mr. Bruce) presumed on a consideration of the facts as known to them. He must remind his hon. Friend that, as Home Secretary, he had no power whatever over appointments or removals of members of the county constabulary.