§ MR. H. L. W. LAWSONI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to an alleged miscarriage of justice at the Cirencester Petty Sessions on the 6th inst., in a case of assault on a labourer named Hulbert by a billsticker named Lucy, which was dismissed by the local Bench; and, if so, whether he will take any action in the matter?
§ MR. ASQUITHThe case was dismissed because the Magistrates, after careful investigation, thought the evidence was insufficient to support the charge. I have, under such circumstances, no power to interfere.