§ 14. Mr. R. MORRISONasked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to a recent case in which a man received a sentence of two months imprisonment for putting a dog into a furnace fire; and if, in view of the inadequacy of the penalties enforceable for crimes of this description under the present Act, he will consider the 616 advisability of introducing amending legislation increasing the penalties that may be given for this class of crime?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSI would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave to a question on this subject by the hon. Member for Central Hackney on the 12th February last.