§ Mr. HAYESasked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the assault on a girl aged 14 by a justice of the peace, for which he was convicted and fined £10 by the Saltash magistrates; and whether the question of his fitness or otherwise to be a member of the commission of peace is being considered?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe Lord Chancellor's attention has been drawn to a case in which the Saltash magistrates imposed a fine of £10 upon a justice of the peace, who administered a whipping to a girl aged 14, and the matter is receiving the Lord Chancellor's consideration.