MR. PHILIPPSI beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether he is aware that two men named Edward Marshall and Charles M'Gill have been sentenced by Sheriff Balfour to a fine of £5 or 14 days' imprisonment for killing one rabbit; and whether he will cause inquiry into the matter with a view to the mitigation of this sentence?
§ *MR. J. P. B. ROBERTSONThe attention of the Secretary of State has been drawn to this ease, and inquiry is being made.