§ MR. PROVAND (Glasgow, Blackfriars)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate if his attention has been drawn to a lottery which, under the name of a subscription sale, took place in the public school at Kilmaurs, on Wednesday, the 6th ultimo, at which a colt, a pony, a trap, and harness, and a cow, with other prizes, were drawn for; and if this so-called subscription sale was an offence against the Lottery Act; and, if so, will he instruct the Procurator Fiscal to take proceedings against the promoters; and if not, would he state what are his reasons for declining to do so?
§ *THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. P. B. ROBERTSON,) ButeMy attention was first called to this matter by the question of the hon. Member. On inquiry, I find the facts are correct, the object of the sale being to and the funds of the Town Hall at Kilmaurs. As I stated in this House on the 30th April, certain lotteries are rendered illegal by Statute, but the Public Prosecutor has always exercised a discretion as to the classes of lotteries which are fit subjects for prosecution, and I do not consider this to be a case calling for my intervention.