§ MR. HOPWOODasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he has considered the facts of the trial and conviction of Seth Evans 402 at the Salford Sessions last year; the circumstances which came to light after that trial; the two subsequent trials of the prosecutrix Alice Adams for perjury, with the result on each occasion that the jury could not agree in a verdict; and, whether he will feel it right under all the circumstances to advise that the mercy of the Crown be extended to the prisoner Evans?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS, in reply, said, this was, no doubt, a peculiar case; but he did not think it would be wise at the present time to express an opinion. He had been in communication with the learned Judge who tried the girl for perjury; but until he had received his Report he could take no steps in the matter.