§ MR. HEDDERWICK (Wick Burghs)I beg to ask the Attorney General whether his attention has been called to the fact that the trial of the Tourmaline prisoners at Algiers before the Chief Justice of Gibraltar was adjourned on the 16th of June, after the case for the prosecution had been opened and witnesses called, until the 30th of June, for the purpose of enabling the prosecution to produce additional evidence; whether it is in consonance with the administration of justice in criminal cases under English law to adjourn a trial when it has once been begun, and witnesses have been heard; and whether he proposes to take any action in the matter?
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL (Mr. R. B. FINLAY,) (for the Attorney General) Inverness BurghsIt is not in my power to take any action in the matter; the conduct of the case depends upon the local law and practice, and the judicial discretion of the court. Under proper circumstances trials for misdemeanour may be, and are, at times adjourned.