§ 101. Mr. Chetwyndasked the Assistant Postmaster-General why an interval of over four months elapsed between the obtaining of a confession from Mrs. M. McPhie and the preferment of a charge.
§ Mr. GammansThe interval was about 2½ months. Mrs. McPhie signed a statement on 14th February, 1952, admitting offences against the Post Office. Thereafter further evidence relative to the case had to be collected, and summonses against her were issued on 28th April, 1952.