HC Deb 28 February 1887 vol 311 c705
MR. PATRICK O'BRIEN (Monaghan, N.)

asked the Lord Advocate, Whether two detective officers are at present, and have been since the termination of the military occupation of Skye, acting as bodyguard to Sheriff Ivory in Edinburgh; and, if so, if he can state whether it is the city of Edinburgh or the county of Inverness that will have to bear the expense of thus protecting the sheriff from apprehended crofter violence?

THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. H. A. MACDONALD) (Edinburgh and St. Andrews Universities)

, in reply, said, it was not the case that two detectives were at present, and had been, acting as a bodyguard for Sheriff Ivory in Edinburgh. That made it unnecessary for him to answer the latter part of the Question.