Mr. CHANCELLORasked the Home Secretary if his attention had been called to a robbery with violence in broad daylight committed upon Mrs. Greenwood in Hackney Road, on Monday, 17th July, for 1786W which the thief has not yet been arrested; and whether, in view of the growing frequency of such incidents and the escape of the offenders, he could take steps for the better protection of the public?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLIt is a fact that a string bag containing money was snatched from Mrs. Greenwood's hand on the 17th of July in the Hackney Road, and that the thief, of whom she could give no satisfactory description, has not been arrested. There is no reason to think that such incidents are of growing frequency.