§ MR. HUNT (Shropshire, Ludlow)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury why Mr. A. H. Wainwright, clothier, Knighton, was allowed to sell by auction the surplus provisions which were over from an entertainment at the Assembly Rooms at Knighton on 10th January last, seeing that he had not an auctioneer's licence; and why the Excise officer took no notice of the matter.
§ MR. RUNCIMANThe matter was not brought to the knowledge of the Excise officer until a month after its occurrence, and in view of the trivial and isolated character of the offence it was decided to overlook it.
§ MR. RUNCIMANThat is so.