§ 82. Sir WILLIAM BYLESasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the appeals in the Delhi conspiracy case to the Privy Council have all been dismissed, with the result that in one case a British subject who was acquitted by the judge who tried him will be sent to transportation for life, and in another case a British subject who was sent to transportation for life by the judge who tried him will be hanged, and in each case by the judgment of an Appeal Court which heard none of the witnesses; and will he say how soon a reform in these judicial methods may be looked for which will make them more conformable to the practice of this country?
§ Mr. C. ROBERTSI have nothing to add to the statement in my answer to the hon. Member on 27th April, except that there is nothing in the proceedings before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council that suggests a miscarriage of justice in the Indian Courts in these cases.