§ 24. Mr. JOYNSON-HICKSasked the Secretary for Scotland if he will state what inquiries are made before the granting of pedlars' licences in Scotland; and whether he is aware that two Germans still act as pedlars, one having recently been seen at Cromartie?
The SECRETARY for SCOTLAND (Mr. McKinnon Wood)The chief officer of police is required by Statute to satisfy himself as to the character of the applicant before granting a certificate. I am aware of two German pedlars in Scotland, who are sixty-six and sixty-seven years of age respectively, and have been forty-two years in the country, and who are considered quite harmless.