Sir HOWELL DAVIESasked the Secretary of State for War whether E. Townley, 1797W No. 36361, Gloucestershire Regiment, was court-martial led as a conscientious objector for the third time on 23rd April and sentenced to two years' hard Labour, commuted to one year, which he is now serving in Horfield Gaol; and whether this is in contravention of his pledge on 3rd April that all soldiers who had served imprisonment would be discharged from the Army?
Captain GUESTI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given on Tuesday last to questions on this subject asked by the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme. I am informed that Townley had not completed twenty months imprisonment in the aggregate. There has, therefore, been no contravention of the pledge given on the 3rd April.