§ MR. CAINEasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether his attention had been directed to the case of a man, charged at the Wandsworth Police Court with birds-nesting on Wimbledon Common, and fined £4, or in default committed to prison for 21 days?
§ SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT, in reply, said, that within the last hour his attention had been directed to the matter, 1618 and he had sent to the magistrate to ask for an explanation.