§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, whether he is aware that a young man, named Hofmeyr Louw, was sentenced to death by a court martial and hanged on the 23rd November at Colesburg, his execution being a public one, at which friends and neighbours of Louw were compelled to be present; will he state the offence with which Louw was charged, and why no account of his trial or death has been allowed to reach this country by telegraph.
§ MR. BRODRICKThis man was sentenced to death for murder, and was duly shot. The usual extract from the proceedings was sent home by mail, and will be found in the Return which I propose shortly to publish. Orders have been issued by Lord Kitchener that all executions are to be carried out as privately as possible.