§ MR. CHANNING (Northampton, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the sentence 972 passed on July 31st, at Elford Petty Sessions, in Staffordshire, on Sarah Ann Maycock, a girl 14 years of age, a fine of £5 and costs, and in default a month's hard labour, for having pulled sticks from a fence, the damage being assessed at one shilling; and whether he will advise the remission of this sentence?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. MATTHEWS, Birmingham, E.)I have not yet received the Report, which I asked for from the Magistrates immediately on the hon. Member's question appearing on the Paper. I am, therefore, unable to say at present whether it is a case in which I can advise any remission.