§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Lord-Advocate whether he is aware that, although an arrestment was put on the trawler "Roi des Belges" when she put into Stornoway during the week ending May 6th, she was allowed to leave the day following that on which she arrived; and will he state briefly the circumstances of the case.
(Answered by Mr. Scott Dickson.) An arrestment was put on the "Roi des Belges" when she put into Stornoway with her main steam-pipe broken; after the repair of the pipe, arrangements had been made for taking coal on board next 62 day. The vessel, however, slipped out to sea in the early hours of the morning without the coal. The arrestment was at the instance of the law agent for certain fishermen whose nets had been damaged outside the three-mile limit, and was executed to found jurisdiction, but no citation could be placed in the hands of the master owing to his sudden departure.