DR. CAMERONasked the Postmaster General, Whether Alexander Lamont, ground officer of the proprietor of Stoneybridge, South Uist, recently obtained at the Post Office of How more registered letters containing eviction notices addressed to crofters at Stoneybridge, and served the notices on them; whether he gave the postmaster to understand that he was authorized by the addressees to receive their letters; and, 1549 whether the Law provides for the punishment of persons possessing themselves of letters which belong to other people without their sanction or authority?
§ MR. FAWCETTIn answer to the hon. Member, I have to state that, owing to the difficulty of communicating with the Island referred to, I have been obliged to rely on the telegraph for my information. It is not clear that fraudulent means were resorted to to obtain possession of the letters in question; but if it could be proved that such means were adopted, it would become a question for the Crown officers in Scotland to consider whether the persons who obtained the letters had not rendered themselves liable to prosecution.