§ MR. ROWLAND SMITHsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether, in the Habitual Criminals Act of 1869, Clause 16, the date 1861 was not inserted in error for 1866; and, whether this error has not rendered the Clause inoperative; and, if so, whether he will this Session amend it?
§ MR. KNATCHBULL- HUGESSENsaid, that owing to the haste with which the Habitual Criminals Act was passed, several errors of omission and commission were allowed to pass in the Bill. The Home Secretary, however, intended to introduce a Bill during the present Session to remedy these inaccuracies.