HC Deb 19 June 1894 vol 25 cc1464-5
GENERAL GOLDSWORTHY (Hammersmith)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is prepared to offer a reward for the discovery and apprehension of the perpetrator of the recent murder of James Wells on Barnes Common?

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. ASQUITII,) Fife, E.

The practice of offering rewards by the Government has for some time past been discontinued, and I do not feel justified in reviving it in the present case.