HC Deb 26 November 1917 vol 99 c1645
109. Mr. BYRNE

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War if Private George Gibson, No. 50396, 3rd Highland Light Infantry, an Irishman, who was illegally conscripted, has yet been released; and if he is aware that he is now in prison at Duddington Camp, Edinburgh?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Mr. Macpherson)

This man held a conditional exemption from the tribunal up till April last, when it was -withdrawn. by the tribunal. He was called up for May, but returned to Ireland, and was discovered in Belfast. He was charged before the sheriff in Glasgow and found liable to military service, being fined the sum of £2 10s. and handed over to the military authorities. As it has been decided by a civil Court that he is liable to military service, the question of illegal conscription does not arise.