§ MR. THEOBALD (Essex, Romford)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether on 3rd March 1892 Police-Constable Harding William Morgan, then stationed at East Ham, was reported to the Inspector at the Romford Road Police Station for being drunk on fixed point duty, and discharged as a result of such report; and whether the divisional surgeon, who attended the man from the time of such report for the three following weeks, certified him to be suffering from neuralgia in the head and general debility; and if so, whether he will, considering these certificates, and the 19 years' service of Morgan, reinstate him, or pay him his superannuation money in proportion to his years of service?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. ASQUITH,) Fife, E.Police-Constable Harding William Morgan was found drunk on duty on 3rd March 1892, and was suspended in consequence. The following day he reported himself sick, and was placed under the care of the divisional surgeon until he was reported fit to appear before the Superintendent to answer the report for drunkenness. This charge was fully proved, and as it was the seventh report for the same offence, and his character was in other respects unsatisfactory, he was dismissed. Under such circumstances, I cannot interfere 31 with the ordinary rule relating to superannuation money.
§ MR. THEOBALDMay I ask whether a police constable after 19 years' service is not entitled to 19–50ths of his pay in the form of pension?
§ MR. ASQUITHThat depends on circumstances. I cannot interfere with the ordinary course in such a case as this.