§ Mr. AMMONasked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been called to several recent Court cases where the magistrates strongly condemned the methods of the Post Office Investigation Branch; what action, if any, he has taken or proposes to take?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONMy attention has been drawn to adverse comments in certain cases, some of which 653W appear to have been based to some extent upon a misapprehension as to the facts. In one case the criticisms of the magistrates' Court were not supported by the Judge at the subsequent hearing of the case at the Assizes. The Investigation Branch have instructions to conform in their general procedure to the rules observed by the police, and I am making further inquiry to satisfy myself on this point.