§ 29. Major ARCHER-SHEEasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that Miss E. E. Shepherd, postal clerk at Wotton-under-Edge post office, Gloucestershire, was recently dismissed from the post office on suspicion of having tampered with letters after twenty-two years' service in the post office with an excellent record; that very strong belief exists in the town of Wotton-under-Edge that a miscarriage of justice has taken place; and whether, in the circumstances, he can cause an open public inquiry to be held at Wotton-under-Edge into this case?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELI am aware of the facts of the case to which the hon. Member refers. In view of this officer's previous good service, and in the conviction that she will not again commit a similar offence, I am prepared to assent to her reinstatement and her employment at some other office where the scale of pay is the same at that at Wotton-under-Edge.