§ Mr. RAWLINSONasked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the conduct of a Metropolitan police constable named Stab, in July last, in consequence of which a member of the public named Treacher recovered in an action against Stab, tried last Friday, £50 damages for assault and £50 for slander; whether Stab is still acting as a police constable, and what steps, if any, he is taking in the matter; and whether, in case any further inquiry into the facts of the case is held, the plaintiff Treacher will be allowed to be represented at the inquiry?
§ Mr. HARRISasked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the case of Treacher v. Stab, in which the plaintiff recovered £50 damages for assault and false imprisonment and £50 for slander against the defendant, a police constable; whether any official inquiry was held into the circumstances of the case, and, if so, with what result; whether the police authorities have offered any expression of regret to the plaintiff for the injury inflicted on him; whether the action was defended by or at the expense of the police authorities; and whether any fund is at the disposal of those authorities by which they could re-imburse a man for the expense he has had to incur in order to restore his character?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe constable is suspended from police duty. I have communicated with the learned judge upon the whole case, and I cannot take any further932W steps in the matter until I have been informed of his views.