§ MR. MACVEAGHI beg to ask the Lord-Advocate whether his attention has been called to the outrages perpetrated on children at Rutherglen, Glasgow, last week; whether be can communicate to the House the contents of the police reports on these outrages; whether any hope is entertained of the recovery of the victims; and whether any arrests have been made.
THE LORD-ADVOCATE (Mr. SCOTT DICKSON, Glasgow, Bridgton)The Procurator-Fiscal has reported to me that on Thursday 25th instant, about noon, two boys aged respectively nine years and three years and eleven months had been stabbed near Rutherglen—the former was only slightly cut on the back and is now going about, the latter was mortally wounded and died the following night. The person who is believed to have committed the outrages was apprehended on the following day and has been charged with murder.