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We have dealt elsewhere with the main question involved, but

may point out here what appears to be almost the most serious part of the incident. The Home Office has despatched a London magistrate, Mr. Chester Jones, to Newcastle, to inquire as to the correctness of the conviction of the engine- driver for drunkenness. Though nominally Mr. Chester Jones may be only bolding an inquiry such as the Home Secretary often orders in answer to petitions from convicted persons, the inquiry in this case has not only the appearance of, but is generally regarded as, a new triaL It is also felt that if it had not been a trade-union case but that of a chauffeur who had been convicted of drunkenness and dismissed by his employer, no such re-trial would have been ordered.

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