HC Deb 03 July 1932 vol 156 cc33-4
63. Mr. SWAN

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the military court in Cairo which condemned an Egyptian to death on the 14th June for being found in possession of weapons, who was found guilty of no other offence, acted under the British military proclamation prohibiting Egyptians to possess firearms?

Mr. HARMSWORTH

I have no information as to any trial or conviction which may have occurred under the military proclamation designed to assist the Egyptian Government in putting an end to the long series of dastardly outrages which culminated in the recent murder of Bimbashi Cave.