§ MR. H. C. RICHARDS (Finsbury, E.)To ask the Secretary of State for War if his attention has been called to the police- 1306 court proceedings taken against one of the defendants in the recent Stanford Court-martial, and the decision of the stipendiary magistrate thereon at the Marlborough Street Police Court, to the effect that the officer in question had been guilty of an unprovoked assault upon one who was serving a writ, and that, in the magistrate's opinion, the defendant had made a false statement upon oath; and, if so, will he say what proceedings will be taken by the War Office in this case?
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) Will my hon. friend kindly refer to my reply to a Question put on this subject by the hon. Member for South Donegal on Thursday, the 16th. †