§ MR. LABOUCHERE (Northampton)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he 1479 is aware that Mr. Herbert John Greenhalgh, who was found guilty, in December, 1888, on the prosecution of the Extra Hard Cotton Spinners' Association, of having, with intent to defraud, and contrary to the provisions of " The Merchandise Marks Act, 1887," sold goods marked outside with a mark which signified that there were a greater number of yards of yarn contained in the parcels thus marked than were contained, is at present a Justice of the Peace at Mansfield, and sits on the Bench, and administers justice; and whether it is the intention of the Lord Chancellor to take any steps with regard to this Magistrate?
§ MR. MATTHEWSI am informed by the Lord Chancellor that he has no knowledge a the circumstances referred to; but if the hon. Member will be good enough to inform me where the trial took place, and where a report of it can be found, I will communicate that information to the Chancellor, who will, no doubt, make inquiry into the matter.