§ MR. FRASER-MACKINTOSH (In-vernessshire)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether he is aware that the nets of Donald Maclellan and John Cameron, fishermen and crofters in North Morar, were seized in the open waters of Loch Nevis, Invernessshire, on the night of 4th, or early in the morning of 5th, July current, by the head keeper- of the proprietor of Knoydart, accompanied by a policeman and several assistants; whether it is the fact that by the 29 Geo. II., c. 23, white-fishing is open on the coasts of Scotland; and, whether, if the circumstances above detailed are correct, he will take steps to punish the wrongdoers for their forcible seizure of property?
§ * MR. J. P. B. ROBERTSONThe facts are as stated by the hon. Member, except that the men were fishing within the limits of an estuary for salmon, and not for white fish. I am informed that they are to be proceeded against for a contravention of the Act 7 and 8 Vict., C. 95.