§ MR. WARTONasked Mr. Attorney General, Whether, in the event of Clause 100 of the Criminal Code (Indictable Offences Procedure) Bill becoming Law, he will consider the propriety of introducing a Bill to make corresponding changes in the Law of evidence in respect of the summary trial of offences?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir HENRY JAMES),in reply, said, he had received a great many communications from magistrates and others on this subject. It appeared to him that if the House accepted the principle of allowing prisoners to be examined when charged with indictable offences, it would be impossible to withhold that privilege from them in cases of summary proceedings. He would, therefore, in the event of the House accepting the principle, take the course suggested by the hon. and learned Member.