§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Attorney-General on what date last March the Mortlake magistrates committed for trial at the South Western London Sessions a solicitor, whose name has been supplied to him, for an offence involving a four-figure sum; when this trial took place and with what results.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe Mortlake magistrates committed the solicitor in question for trial on 5th March, 1971. He pleaded guilty at the South Western London Sessions on 7th May, 1971, when he was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, suspended for three years. No client or other member of the public suffered loss by reason of these offences.