HC Deb 04 July 1910 vol 18 c1307
Mr. KING

asked the Under-Secretary for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the case of Mr. H. Tressing, in the South Nigerian Colonial Service; whether Mr. Tressing was convicted of manslaughter for shooting his servant; whether he was bound over to come up for judgment; whether he was continued in charge of the same workers for some time by the Governor; and whether his services in that connection have now been terminated?

Colonel SEELY

Yes, Sir. The facts are as stated. It was proved conclusively at the trial before the Acting Chief Justice, sitting with native assessors, that Mr. Tresing, a mechanic in the Public Works Department, shot a native watchman by accident. The agreement on which he was serving was terminated, not on the ground of culpability, but because the result of his action had impaired his value s an efficient servant of the Government.