§ 54. Sir WILLIAM BULLasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether Sergeant Angus James Macdonald, Royal Army Medical Corps, was sent under escort to Colchester on the 29th January, and was until the 3rd February detained in a ward with sentenced prisoners, and is still under guard without any charge being made against him; whether he will be brought to trial or court-martial, and, if so, when; and whether, in the event of no charge being formulated against him, he will be released at once?
§ Mr. TENNANTI am informed that Sergeant Maedonald, Royal Army Medical Corps, was put under escort, accused of insolence and misconduct at a private hospital in Norfolk. Owing to the hospital at Colchester being full, he had to be placed in the same room with others. During the investigation of his case much difficulty was experienced in getting evidence, on account of the removal of a witness and the distance between Norfolk and Colchester. Sergeant Macdonald was accordingly released on the 22nd instant.