DR. CAMERONI beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether, since August last, any further inquiry has been made by the Secretary for Scotland into the mental condition of Andrew Reid, of Glasgow, sentenced in February, 1887, to be confined during Her Majesty's pleasure for firing at a policeman, whilst labouring under a fit of insanity, and at present confined in Perth Criminal Lunatic Asylum; and whether, considering that Reid has now been three years in confinement, if it be ascertained that for a long time past he has shown no sign of insanity, he will take steps to procure his release?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. P. B. ROBERTSON, Bute)The man referred to in this question was sentenced in February, 1889, and not in 1887 as erroneously stated. He will complete two years' confinement on the 26th of this month; and, following on the satisfactory Report of a recent inquiry as to his mental condition, he will be liberated on that day, subject to the requisite guarantees being given by guardians, who, I understand, are prepared to grant them.