§ DR. CAMERON (Glasgow, College)asked the Lord Advocate, Whether his attention has been called to the following statement regarding the death of her son, published by Mrs. John Mackay, a widow in South Harris:—
My son, John Mackay, aged 17 years, was reported before as having died from exposure. Such was not the case. I have no doubt he was murdered, for he was stabbed in two places, besides several other marks of violence on his body. His bootlaces were cut with a knife, and his trousers torn off him, and found about 700 yards from where his body lay. It is heartrending that such a case should be settled by a doctor and a policeman without a fiscal ever showing his face for investigation;and, whether he will order an inquiry to be made into the facts of the case?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. H. A. MACDONALD) (Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities)My attention had not been called to this matter until I saw the hon. Member's Question. Inquiry is being made, but I have not yet received a Report. As the hon. Member is aware, the locality is somewhat distant.