§ MR. HUMPHREYS-OWENI beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether persons sentenced by courts-martial in the Cape Colony to terms of imprisonment or penal servitude are detained in civil or in military prisons; and, if they are detained in civil prisons, whether the warrants are signed by civil or by military officers.
§ * THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AVAR (Mr. WYNDHAM,) DoverThe records of proceedings under martial law have not reached this country. I understand, however, that, except for minor breaches of military regulations, there have been very few cases finally decided by military courts. No sentence of penal servitude has boon confirmed. I presume that the warrants are signed by the presiding officer, and that the prisoner after sentence is confined in some suitable place within the limits of the area over which martial law has been proclaimed.
§ MR. HUMPHREYS-OWENIn civil or military custody?
§ * MR. WYNDHAMI should say in military custody.