§ SIR LAWRENCE PALKasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If his attention has been called to a report in the "Daily Telegraph" of June 7th, that a coal dealer at Wolverhampton named Boxall was summoned by the Local School Board for not sending his children to school; that in consequence of his absence a warrant was issued for his apprehension; on hearing which he came back, and there being only one magistrate present, he was locked up for four days in the police cells; and, whether the statement is true; and whether, if so, such a detention in the police cells was either usual or legal?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS, in reply, side, that from inquiries he had made, he believed that the facts of the case were substantially correct as stated by the hon. Baronet. With regard to the imprisonment in the cells, he could honestly say that he believed such a course was entirely unusual; but he should not like, in his position, to say that it was illegal. He hoped, however, it would not be repeated.