HC Deb 11 February 1926 vol 191 c1214
23. Mr. AMMON

asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the case of Herman Karp, a boy under 14 years of age, who was remanded at the Guildhall on the 16th January last to Wandsworth Prison for a week; and whether, having regard to the illegality of this act, he will make inquiries?

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS

The reception of this boy in prison was reported by the governor, and I wrote to the Justices, who replied that the boy's age was stated by his mother to be 14. As the Court gave a certificate that he was too unruly to be sent to a place of detention, his removal to prison was not illegal. The boy has since been placed on probation.