51. Mr. F. HALLasked the number of cases in which persons were convicted and sentenced during 1912 for serious offences in connection with the Women Suffrage movement, ranging from attempted arson and murder to stone throwing; and in how many the sentence was remitted or reduced?
§ Mr. McKENNAI cannot give the figures as to convictions, but in 1912 there were 240 cases in which persons were received into prison under sentences for offences in connection with this agitation, and in eight-four of these cases the sentences were remitted or reduced.