§ MR. BAIRD (Glasgow, Central)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether his attention has been called to the refusal of a hotel keeper in Dunfermline to admit to his hotel on Sunday, 1st May, two cyclists who arrived there from Glasgow; and whether Procurators Fiscal have any jurisdiction in such cases; and, if so, will he instruct them to exercise it?
§ *THE LORD ADVOCATE (Sir C. J. PEARSON,) Edinburgh and St. Andrew's UniversitiesI have inquired into this matter, and find that two cyclists arrived on the day in question at the Royal Hotel, Dunfermline, during church hours, when the proprietor and his wife were absent, and that they were refused admission. In cases of breach of certificate in burghs it is the duty of the Procurator Fiscal of the burgh to proceed against the offender. In this instance the prosecutor did not consider that the refusal to admit these persons justified him in taking any proceedings. Any complaint against this decision should be laid before the Magistrates. It is not a matter in which I have any power to interfere.