§ SIR WILFRID LAWSONasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether his attention has been called to the case of a hawker, named Finley, whose death a coroner's jury has found to have resulted from poisoning by alcohol; whether it is a fact that, on the day of his death, a bottle of whiskey was supplied to him at the Royal Hotel tap, Winchester, for the purpose of consumption on the premises, that he drank the whiskey in about the space of twenty minutes, and died within a few hours; and, whether the conduct of those who supplied this man with drink requires any further investigation by the authorities?
MR. ASSHETON CROSSYes, Sir; I am afraid the facts stated in the hon. Baronet's Question are true, and a most disgraceful state of facts it is. I have called the attention of the Mayor of the town to the matter, and I have confidence from his judgment and right-mindedness that the investigation of the case may be safely left in his hands.