§ Captain JESSELasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the previous good characters of ex-Police Constables Farmer and Haines, of the E Division of the Metropolitan Police, permission will be granted to them to resign from the force?
§ Mr. McKENNAI have consulted the Commissioner of Police in this matter, and I regret that, in view of the gravity of the case, my reply must be in the negative.