§ SIR WILFRID LAWSONasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether his attention has been called to the evidence given in the late Derby murder case, from which it appears that the murderer was made drunk at the Royal Hotel shortly before he committed the crime for which he is now under sentence of death; and, whether any steps are to be taken for proceeding against those who supplied him with the liquor?
MR. ASSHETON CROSSSir, I have a telegram from the Chief Constable of Derby, stating that immediately the sentence was passed, proceedings were taken by him against the landlord of the Royal Hotel, that a summons had been granted, and that the case would be heard on Thursday next.