HC Deb 20 February 1907 vol 169 cc822-3
Dr. RUTHERFORD

To ask Mr. Attorney General whether his attention has been drawn to the case of imprisonment of A. Clarke, Hounslow, for non-payment of taxes in spite of the fact that Mr. Clarke had entered an appearance an the form provided for the purpose; and whether he proposes to take any action in the matter.

(Answered by Sir Lawson Walton.) The defendant, in this case, Mr. Clarke, did not choose to enter an appearance in accordance with the rules of the High Court, and consequently judgment was (quite regularly) signed against him. There appears to have been no defence whatever to the action. I do not see my way to take any action in the matter.