§ SIR EARDLEY WILMOTasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he will be good enough to cause an inquiry to be made into the case of Mr. Samuel Hutin, an Examining Officer of Her Majesty's Customs of twenty-six years' service, and with a good character during the whole of that time, who has been dismissed from his situation on very unsatisfactory evidence?
§ MR. COURTNEYSir, my right hon. and learned Friend has asked me to answer this Question, as the subject to which it relates does not come within his cognizance. My attention has already been called to this case, and I have satisfied myself that the man fully deserved dismissal, and that the evidence obtained by the Board of Customs was amply sufficient to justify them in acting as they did.
§ SIR EARDLEY WILMOTasked if the hon. Gentleman knew that the steward of the ship who formulated the 931 charge against Mr. Samuel Hutin had since himself been charged with misappropriation of the stores of his ship?
§ MR. COURTNEYThat does not affect the evidence that was given.