HC Deb 28 May 1902 vol 108 cc781-2
MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether, having regard to the publication of the evidence adduced at the court martial of Commander Scheepers who was convicted, the War Office will publish the evidence adduced at the court-martial of Commander Kritzinger who was acquitted.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR Mr. BRODRICK,) Surrey, Guildford

No, Sir; I see no necessity for publishing this evidence.

MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

Was he now convicted on the very same evidence as that on which Kritzinger was acquitted?

[No answer was returned.]

MR. SWIFT MACNEILL

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he will state what explanation, if any, the War Office has to offer for the publication of the evidence adduced in the court martial on Commander Scheepers, and the withholding from the public of the evidence adduced in the court - martial on Morant, Handcock, Witton, and Picton, British officers, who were convicted of the murder of Boer prisoners.

MR. BRODRICK

The trial of Commander Scheepers was by a military court held under martial law, but it was not a court-martial.