Mr. KINGasked 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 SEELYYes, 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.