§ MR. COBBI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the Charge delivered to the Grand Jury at the present Nottingham Assizes by Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams as to a poaching case where a keeper was killed, in which he alluded to the practice of arming keepers and assisting them with dogs, and suggested whether, in the interests of I he State, an alteration ought to be made in the law to prevent the continuance of a system which necessitated the danger of provoking deeds of violence; and whether he will consider this question, with a view to legislation, when the time of Parliament will permit?
§ MR. ASQUITHMy attention has been called to this Charge. The recommendation of the learned Judge is one which deserves to be seriously considered by those who preserve game. The matter will not escape my attention, but I cannot undertake to bring in a Bill on the subject.