§ MR. FRASER-MACKINTOSH (Inverness-shire)asked the Lord Advocate, Whether due inquiries have been made in reference to the complaint made by Angus MacLauchlan, Carpenter, Aviemore, Inverness-shire, for assault, oppression, and nimious conduct on the part of certain influential persons, the receipt of which complaint was acknowledged by the Crown Agent on 22nd April last?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. H. A. MACDONALD) (Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities)Due inquiry was made into this complaint on the receipt of the letter acknowledged by the Crown Agent on 22nd April; and on 6th May, by ray instructions, a letter was sent to Angus MacLauchlan to inform him that I did not consider there were grounds for a prosecution at the public instance.