§ THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURYmoved for a—
Return of the number of committals to Reformatories during the last two years by justices in petty sessions; stating the ages of the children, the nature of the offences, and the duration of the sentences.The noble Earl said, he moved for this table in consequence of the proceedings at Spalding, which excited so much attention, and of proceedings subsequent to those. He alluded to a case at Alcester last week, in which the bench of magistrates sentenced a little girl to a month's imprisonment and five years in a reformatory for placing a pebble on the line. The little girl stated that she had done it for the pleasure of hearing it go "crunch." Such, at least, was the result as reported in the papers.
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Motion agreed to.
Address for Return of the number of committals to Reformatories during the last two years by justices in petty sessions; stating the ages of the children, the nature of the offences, and the duration of the sentences.—(The Earl of Shaftesbury.)