HC Deb 16 December 1943 vol 395 c1673
29. Mr. Turton

asked the Home Secretary the number of persons who have been convicted between 2nd September, 1939, and the most recent available date of breaches of the Intoxicating Liquor (Sale to Persons Under Eighteen) Act, 1923; the number of those who were fined, and the number of those whose cases were dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act?

Mr. H. Morrison

From the beginning of September, 1939, to 30th September, 1943, the number of persons found guilty was 175; the number fined was 137; and the number of cases dismissed or bound over under the Probation of Offenders Act was 38.

Mr. Turton

Will my right hon. Friend circularise chief constables on the provisions of this Act and suggest that they remind the public of those provisions?

Mr. Morrison

I will consider that, but the chief constables are very familiar with the Act.