§ Lieut.-Colonel MOOREasked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the case of David Price, who was charged at Brighton Police Court with cruelty to a cow in calf, and proved to have blinded the animal in both eyes by beating it with a stick; and whether, in view of this and similar cases of cruelty, he will consider extending the powers of magistrates to enable the punishment of flogging to be awarded in such cases?
§ Sir J. GILMOURI have seen a Press report in which it is stated that a sentence of three months' imprisonment was imposed in this case. I do not see my way to initiate legislation as suggested in the second part of the question.