§ 57. Mr. R. LAMBERTasked the Home Secretary whether ho is aware that Morris Arbeid, of 60, Holloway-road, N., a Dutch subject resident in England for over three years, was arrested at Holborn Town Hall 1413 on 11th November, discharged at Bow Street two days later on the ground that there was no charge against him, rearrested on 16th November, and is now at Cannon Row Police, Station under threat of deportation; and whether any charge is to be preferred against him or, failing this, whether steps will be taken to secure his release?
Mr. SAMUELThis man is an alien who has been employed as an hotel porter in Inverness and in London, and who refuses to conform to the requirements imposed under the Aliens' Restriction Act. In April last he was imprisoned for giving false particulars for the register. Recently he has been prosecuted for changing his lodgings without saying where he was going; and though he escaped conviction on a technical ground, the fact was not denied. When received in prison in April he admitted a previous conviction for indecency. In view of all the circumstances, it appears to be a case where his return to his own country should be enforced.