§ Mr. GRUNDYasked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the trial of George Henry Fletcher, at the Rotherham Borough Police Court, on a charge of having made a speech calculated and likely to cause sedition and disaffection amongst members of the Rotherham County Borough Police Force: whether he is aware that the defendant was fined £50 or two months' imprisonment, and was not allowed any time to pay; and whether, in view of the impossibility of finding such a sum at once, he will make inquiries into the case?
§ Mr. SHORTTI find on inquiry that Fletcher was convicted of inciting the police to refuse to do their duty. He appears to be a man of means, living in a house of his own and running a motor car, and I see no reason for recommending any remission of the fine imposed on him.