§ MR. PICKERSGILL (Bethnal Green, S. W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the case of Martin Murray, who on Thursday last was sentenced at Marlborough Street Police Court to three months' imprisonment for falsely stating, when about to be enlisted into the Army, that he was not married, whether the pleas urged by the prisoner in mitigation of punishment were true, namely, that he had been for a long time previously out of work, and that his attempt to enlist was made with the knowledge and sanction of his wife; and, if so, whether he will advise that a portion of the sentence be remitted?
§ The SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. MATTHEWS,) Birmingham, E.The Magistrate took these pleas into consideration in passing sentence, and I see no reason to interfere with the sentence.
§ MR. PICKERSGILLMay I ask if three months is not the maximum penalty?
§ MR. MATTHEWSYes.