§ MR. LABOUCHERE (Northampton)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he is aware that John Williams is treated as a convict in Holloway Prison; and, whether, in view of the fact that he is imprisoned for creating a stoppage in the streets, he will instruct the authorities of the prison to treat him as a first-class misdemeanant?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.)John Williams is not treated as a convict in Holloway Prison. He is treated as a prisoner sentenced to simple imprisonment without hard labour. The Judge by whom he was sentenced had the 1112 power to order him to be treated as a first-class misdemeanant, but did not do so.