§ MR. REESI beg to ask the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the judgment of the High Court of Calcutta in Criminal Appeal No. 509 of 1907, known as the Bloomfield case, has excited the alarm and apprehension of European planters in Behar living with their families in solitary situations, and whether he can bring the case under the review of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; and, if not, whether any steps will be taken to prevent a recurrence of what is regarded as a failure of justice.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Mr. MORLEY, Montrose Burghs)I am not prepared to express any opinion as to the decision of the High Court of Calcutta to which my hon. friend refers, nor am I aware of the existence of the alarm which he mentions. In any case, I am advised that the decision involves no point of legal principle on which an appeal to the Privy Council could be founded.