A bill to abolish the privilege of peerage in relation to criminal pro-facedings, presented by Viscount Sankey, was formally read in the House lof Lords to-day for the first time.
This is a sequel to the debate in the House of Lords on February 4 when Viscount "Sankey's motion. to the effect that the present system of trial of peers by peers had outlived its usefulness, was adopted by 2 vote lof 45 to 24.—Reuter,
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