§ MR. LEGH (Lancashire, S.W., Newton)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the report of the proceedings in connection with the disturbances which took place at Staveley on 1st November; whether he is aware that 11 men employed by the Staveley Coal and Iron Company were brought to Chesterfield on a charge of intimidation in a case arising out of assaults on deputies, and were bailed on the sureties of Messrs. Haslam and Harvey, miners' agents; and whether these gentlemen were recently placed on the Commission of the Peace by the Lord Chancellor?
§ MR. ASQUITHI am informed that certain persons who wore accused of intimidation, but as to the identity of some of whom there was a doubt, were admitted to bail, Messrs. Haslam and Harvey being sureties. I believe Mr. Haslam was recently appointed a Justice of the Peace for the borough of Chesterfield. Mr. Harvey does not—so far as my information goes—appear to be a Magistrate. I know no reason why a Magistrate should not become bail for an accused person who has not been convicted or even tried.