§ Mr. Denmanrose, in pursuance of a notice he had given to bring in a bill to remedy a grievance which existed in the criminal courts. If a person was indicted for a misdemeanour at the quarter session, he could not remove it without an expensive and troublesome process, while the prosecutor could do so almost as a matter of course. Several instances had recently occurred to show the extreme hardships of this upon the defendants. The hon. and learned gentleman alluded particularly to the case of a person who had committed an assault upon an attorney in Cornwall, and had been brought up to London at a very great expense; and to a prosecution by the Constitutional Association, when the indictment was in Lancashire, where the same trick was played. The object of the present bill was, that where the indictment should have been removed by certiorari, as it often ought to be, the judge might pass sentence at once.
Leave was given to bring in the bill.