§ 96. Mr. T. M. HEALYasked the Home Secretary if any lunatics detained under a finding of an English Court are confined in Scotland or Ireland; are any lunatics detained under a finding of a Scottish Court confined in England or Ireland; are any lunatics detained under the finding of an Irish Court confined in England; and, if so, why and under what authority?
§ Sir G. CAVEI am not aware of any lunatic confined in Scotland or Ireland under the finding of an English Court, nor of any lunatic confined in England or Ireland under the finding of a Scottish Court. There are several cases of men charged with criminal offences out of Great Britain and found by the Court to be insane who are confined in an asylum in England, including at least one who was tried in Ireland. The authority for this practice is the Criminal Lunatic Asylum Act, 1860.
§ Mr. HEALYWhat authority decides that an Irish criminal lunatic must be brought to England: are there any minutes on the subject to which we can turn?
§ Sir G. CAVEIt is entirely a question of convenience. Broadmoor is the principal asylum for such cases.