14 JULY 1928, Page 2

Although the findings of the Savidge inquiry have not been

published when we go to press, it is known that there are two Reports which have been presented to the Home Secretary—a Majority Report by Sir J. Eldon Bankes and Mr. J. J. Withers and a Minority Report by Mr. H. B. Lees-Smith, the Labour M.P. for Keighley. In the main the majority trust the police account of what happened at Miss Savidge's interrogation, whereas Mr. Lees-Smith trusts Miss Savidge. Moreover, the majority apparently think that the Director of Public Prosecutions and all the officials concerned acted in accordance with precedent. Suggestions, however, are said to be made for modifying the existing practice where statements are required by the police from witnesses whose own charac- ters may be involved.