§ Mr. BOWERMANasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that a sentence of one month's imprisonment without the option of a fine has been recently passed upon a locked-out boilermaker at Sunderland for an alleged assault, under provocation, whilst acting as a picket, the convicted man bearing a good character for the past eighteen years, having served in the Army for many years carrying the rank of sergeant; and whether he can see his way to mitigate the sentence passed upon this workman?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLAs the defendant has appealed to quarter sessions against his conviction, and pending the hearing of the appeal is discharged from custody, I can say nothing of the merits of the case.