Mr. DUNCAN (on behalf of Mr. Wilkie)asked upon what principle procurator-fiscals are appointed in Scotland?
Mr. DUNCAN (on behalf of Mr. Wilkie)asked the Lord Advocate, in reference to the procurator-fiscalship for Forfarshire, Dundee district, was there no member of the legal profession in Dundee able and qualified for the position, or had he any difficulty in making a Dundee appointment, seeing that he had appointed an outsider?
§ Mr. UREThere were several members of the legal profession in Dundee able and qualified for the position of procurator-fiscal. The new procurator-fiscal is not, as is suggested in the question, "an outsider." He is an able and thoroughly qualified member of the legal profession, who has resided and practised for many years in the district of Forfarshire over which his duties as procurator-fiscal extend?
Mr. YOUNGERIs it not a fact that on both sides political consideration enters very largely into these appointments?