§ MR. P. A. TAYLORasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If he has yet come to any decision in regard to remitting the fines levied upon three men (John West, Isaac Martin, and John Basset) at the West Powder Petty Sessions, for killing rabbits, on the invitation and at the request of the occupier of the land?
§ SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT, in reply, said, that, after careful consideration, he had come to the conclusion that the magistrates had misconceived the law, and that the conviction could not be sustained. He had, therefore, directed that the fines imposed by the magistrates should be remitted.