Lieutennt-Colonel STANLEYasked the Secretary of State for War whether he has had brought to his notice that Sergeant T. Reynolds, No. T.R. 4/28062, 53rd Welsh Regiment (late of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment), was convicted by court-martial in 1915 of embezzlement and sentenced to be reduced to the ranks and to be imprisoned for six months; that a confession has since been received from another man that he was guilty of the crime, and that Sergeant Reynolds was innocent of the charge; and whether he will take steps to have the conviction quashed and the record of it expunged from Sergeant Reynolds's documents?
Captain GUESTI am making inquiries, and will communicate with my hon. and gallant Friend as soon as I am in a position to do so.