§ 74. Mr. Thorneasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will give information in connection with the case of the chief constable of Folkestone, other corporation officials and Herbert William Hill, catering manager, for making inaccurate returns of food consumed at Lees Cliff Hall and for supplying rationed goods without authority to Percy Gilbert Tyler, borough treasurer, and against Tyler for obtaining the goods?
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food (Mr. Mabane)The Chief Constable of Folkestone and Herbert William Hill, catering manager, were prosecuted at the instance of the Folkestone Food Control Committee on the following charges:
§ (1) The Chief Constable on two charges of failing to keep accurate records of meals served at the police canteen and on two charges of recklessly making false statements for the purposes of the Rationing Order. The first two charges were dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act and the latter charges were dismissed.
§ (2) Herbert William Hill, Catering Manager, was charged with recklessly making a false statement for the purposes of the Rationing Order and was fined £3.
§ (3) Hill was prosecuted on a similar charge in another case and was fined £1.
§ He was also charged with unlawfully supplying rationed food for the purposes of a catering establishment to 1783 Percy Gilbert Tyler, a member of the Borough Treasurer's staff, on six summonses. He was fined £1 on each of five summonses and the sixth was withdrawn.
§ (4) Tyler was prosecuted at the instance of the Cranbrooke Food Control Committee and was charged with obtaining rationed food from Hill and was fined £1 on each of five summonses and the sixth was withdrawn.
§ Tyler was also charged separately with failing to make a return of stocks of rationed foods on three summonses and fined £1 on each.