23. Mr. M ITCH ESO Nasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of William Livesay, a British subject who was held in gaol for more than two years in Barcelona before being brought to trial for murder and found not guilty; and whether he will make representations to the Spanish Government that Mr. Livesay should be granted compensation in respect of his long detention in gaol for a crime of which he was innocent?
§ The LORD PRIVY SEAL (Mr. Eden)Yes, Sir. This case has already been brought to my notice. My information is that Mr. Livesay admittedly killed a man who, he stated, had wronged him. He was subsequently acquitted by the Spanish courts of a charge of murder, but I understand that the Public Prosecutor has appealed against this verdict. In all the circumstances the case. does not appear to be one that calls for the intervention of His Majesty's Government. Mr. Livesay has been set at liberty.