21 JULY 1950, Page 16

Am—Neither Mr. J. M. Sinclair nor myself can know the

proportion of spectators who attend Assize Courts for pornographic or educative reasons. I am unrepentant in that I am convinced that the former out- number the latter. If, instead of trailing the proverbial red herring, Mr. Sinclair would do something to prevent the very private affairs of adult homosexuals being subject to legal discussion in court, he might find more room in the galleries for his serious students.—Yours faithfully, 8 Chamberlain Street, Wells, Somerset. R. D. REID.