§ MR. BRADLAUGHI beg to ask the Attorney General if he can now say whether, in the case of the conviction for common assault at Dewsbury, on 9th June, the prosecution was against a man arrested by the police on the charge of indecently assaulting two mill girls; whether the girls were directed by the police to pay, and did pay, in addition to the Magistrates Clerk's fees of 17s., a further sum of 5s. for the attendance of a witness; whether, in proceedings for such offences, the law provides for compensation to prosecutors; and whether there is any enactment making prosecutors in such a case liable for Justice Clerk's fees and compensation to witnesses?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir R. WEBSTER,) Isle of WightI must ask that the question be deferred until Monday.
§ *MR. BRADLAUGHI will repeat it on Monday.