HC Deb 03 September 1895 vol 36 c1564
MR. J. CALDWELL (Lanark, Mid.)

I beg to ask the Lord Advocate, will he explain why it was that, in the case of William Agnew, shoemaker, Glasgow, who was tried for murder at Glasgow on the 29th ultimo, and acquitted, the Crown refused permission to medical men, appointed by the prisoner, to be present at the post mortem examination of the deceased.?

* THE LORD ADVOCATE (Sir CHARLES PEARSON,) Edinburgh and St. Andrews Universities

This step was taken by my predecessor in office. I am informed, on inquiry, that Crown Counsel saw no reason in this particular case for consenting to the presence of two additional medical men.

MR. CALDWELL

Then, I beg to give notice that on the Second Reading of the Appropriation Bill I will call attention to the matter.