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HEAVY PENALTIES SOUGHT
LONDON. Ma\ 30.
The Jaw case ha> been opened m ■which
Mr Oswald Forbes aftrag icoordnig to
*he statute as a. common mformei, is>
filing Si! btuart Samuel. 'P.art., un-mbei
for the W hitechapel dimon of the Town
Hamlets, foi accumulated penalties,
amounting to i 16',COO m tile aggregate, foi
sitting and \otmg in the House ot Com
mono when lie vaj disqualified lrom con
traiung his membership
Sir ^uart Samuel is a member oi l-Iip
banking firm of Samuel Montagu &. Co,
who reeenth -old a quontits ot silvei to
the Indian Go\eminent It was argued
that the transaction did not affect the j
-eat of Sji Stuart Samuel, but he subse i
({«<■ nth iChigDed and iva» re-ekcled The |
penaltv claimed is the aggregate of the
dailv fines prescribed fot sitting ai>d \ofc
'nj in the House of Comirons when dis
qualified undci the Contractors ra Parlia
ment Act, or in .1111 other wa> A Bill
1- 10 be mtioduced into Parliament to
relie\e Sir Stuait f:om the habibtj to the
penalties incurred.
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