§ MR. FLOWER (Bradford, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it would be possible, in the case of a prisoner against whom several warrants of commitment have been issued, to have sentences under such warrants carried out consecutively, thus obviating the necessity of a re-arrest, or successive re-arrests, at the prison gate?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir M. WHITE RIDLEY, Lancs.,) BlackpoolYes, a warrant of commitment runs from the date on which it is received in the prison where the prisoner is confined, unless the court has made an express order otherwise. If it is lodged there while the prisoner is undergoing a previous sentence, there is no occasion for his rearrest at the prison gate.