§ LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILLI wish to ask a Question of the Attorney General with respect to a statement made by him the other day about two parties who are wanted by the police in Birmingham. He stated that these two parties had been already served with processes. I wish to know on what authority he made that statement; and whether he is aware that it is altogether unfounded?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir HENRY JAMES)I received the statement on a written paper, which was handed to me by my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade. I do not say that my right hon. Friend wished me to make the statement. The facts were that my right hon. Friend received a telegram from a firm of solicitors, whose names I will furnish to the noble Lord; and it seems that in that telegram the word "executed" was inserted by some mistake for the word "issued." My right hon. Friend was informed by letter this morning of the mistake, and I should certainly have corrected it as soon as I got the opportunity.