§ THE LORD CHANCELLOR (Lord HALSBURY), in moving the Third Reading of this Bill, said, he had only to ask their Lordships' permission to present a petition from the Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom, which 1210 stated that the existing law, which excluded the evidence of accused persons, produced hardship and injustice, that the proposed alterations would be of great benefit to innocent persons charged with offences, while it would inflict no hardship or injustice on the guilty.
§ Bill read 3a (according to Order).
§ On the Motion that the Bill do pass,
§ THE LORD CHANCELLOR moved, in Clause 4, page 2, line 14, to leave out "so far as respects Great Britain."
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Verbal Amendment made in the Schedule, agreed to.
§ Bill passed, and sent to the Commons.