HC Deb 27 March 1907 vol 171 c1806
*MR. J.WARD (Stoke-on-Trent)

I beg to ask the Home Secretary if his attention has been called to the case of Horace George Rayner, found guilty of murder at the Central Criminal Court, and whether he will take into consideration the unusual and peculiar circumstances and history of the case with a view to mitigation of the extreme penalty of the law.

MR. GLADSTONE

Of course, in all these grave cases, circumstances such as those to which the hon. Member has alluded are taken into very serious consideration.