§ Mr. GROVESasked the Home Secretary whether he will inquire into the circumstances attending the sentence of four months' hard labour to Leslie Adams, aged 32, at Westminster Police Court last week; whether he is aware that at a previous hearing, when his previous convictions were mentioned, Adams said that on every occasion when he had found employment, and was trying to make good on his release from prison, a woman betrayed his past to his employers, thus getting him discharged; and whether he will cause inquiry to be made as to the alleged victimisation of this man?
§ Sir J. GILMOURI have made inquiries into this case and I can find no grounds for recommending any interference with the sentence imposed by the court. I am satisfied that there is no justification for the suggestion that the prisoner has been unfairly treated by his employers as the result of disclosure of his past.