§ MR. M'CULLOCH (Glasgow, St. Rollox)asked the Lord Advocate, If his attention has been called to the alleged refusal of a magistrate and other officials to admit one of Her Majesty's lieges, named Alexander Robertson, as one of the public, to a court of justice in the county of Lanark; and, if he will state the law on the subject, and the redress to be obtained if the alleged refusal is illegal?
THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. B. BALFOUR)&c.) (Clackmannan,I have to say that I have inquired into this matter, and have ascertained that during the sitting of the Circuit Court of Justiciary at Glasgow in August last, a person, whose name has since been ascertained to be Alexander Robertson, was refused admission to one of the Courts by the authorities in charge, for the reason that it was overcrowded at the time. Subsequently, as soon as there was room, he obtained admission. The authorities seem to have acted quite properly in the circumstances, as the right of admission to the Court of Justice is necessarily subject to the condition that there is room.