§ MR ALDERMAN LUSKsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he has received any communication on behalf of a lad of the name of James Bell, who was convicted on the evidence of three policemen at the Middlesex Sessions on the 28th day of March last, (but from evidence since obtained he is supposed to be innocent); whether any copy or original Confession of a man named Daly, who was convicted on the 21st instant at the Middlesex Sessions has been received at the Home Office; and, what course the Home Secretary intends to pursue in reference to the lad James Bell?
§ MR. GATHORNE HARDYsaid, in reply, that that morning only the Papers to which the hon. Gentleman referred reached the Home Office, consisting of a Memorial from the accused in his own favour, to which was attached a statement of a person who was in custody. He had directed that the Papers should be immediately sent to the Assistant Judge who tried the case, in order that he might receive the learned Judge's notes and such comments as he might think fit to make upon the case before he took further steps in the matter.