§ MR. FRESHFIELDasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether his attention has been directed to the observations of Mr. Justice Hawkins in a case of The Queen against John Dillon, tried at the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday last; and, if he has taken, or will take, measures to give effect to the views of the Judge as to the prosecution of persons charged with robbery accompanied by violence and other serious outrages through the instrumentality of the Public Prosecutor?
§ MR. HIBBERT (for Sir WILLIAM HARCOURT)The attention of the Secretary of State for the Home Department has been drawn to the matter; and my right hon. and learned Friend is now considering what effect he can give, if any, to the expressions of the Judge.